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Return to the Middle Kingdom!

I’m going back to China!…only for the summer this time though. About this time last year, after living in China 3.5 years, there was little doubt in my mind that my time in China was nearing an end, and I was ready to acclimate back to my life as...

Published Fri, May 05 2008 7:24 PM by Ben's Blog.....小本的博客

Filed under: announcements
Banned Substances in Chinese Food Products?

With all the chatter about harmful substances in Chinese food products, I’m amazed that this one went completely under the radar. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I could simultaneously get my fix of both a sandwich, and street drugs. It...

Published Thu, May 05 2008 1:37 AM by Ben's Blog.....小本的博客

Filed under: food, curious English
In Search of New China Blogs

I can’t tell if it’s that I no longer live in China, or if the amount of intelligent discourse on China in the blogosphere is actually dwindling, but it seems like less and less well-written sino-dribble has been coming out in the past few...

Published Fri, May 05 2008 9:53 AM by Ben's Blog.....小本的博客

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你会讲国语吗?…How to Say “Chinese” in Chinese

Anytime one moves to a new location where the same language is spoken as in their previous location, a certain degree of modification to their lexicon occurs. Living in Chicago, and doing my best to keep up my Chinese, I have also noticed several inadvertent...

Published Thu, May 05 2008 12:29 PM by Ben's Blog.....小本的博客

Filed under: Chicago, language
Enjoy The Free Happiness!

I was filing through my China pictures the other day and discovered this shot, from the Fuzhou Forest Park, one of my all-time favorite examples of Curious English. The Chinese literally means “Enjoy the happiness of free people” but I imagine this didn...

Published Mon, May 05 2008 9:09 AM by Ben's Blog.....小本的博客

Filed under: curious English
The Chinese Siesta

There’s a little market called The Mayflower in Chicago’s Chinatown where I frequent about once a week to pick up Chinese cooking supplies and snacks which I can’t find at the big Jewel-Osco mega-grocery store near my house. Chinatown has several of these...

Published Thu, May 05 2008 12:30 PM by Ben's Blog.....小本的博客

Filed under: Chicago, culture difference

May 2008 - Ben's Blog

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Return to the Middle Kingdom!

Banned Substances in Chinese Food Products?

In Search of New China Blogs

你会讲国语吗?…How to Say “Chinese” in Chinese

Enjoy The Free Happiness!

The Chinese Siesta