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Hard working Chinese students

September 20, 2007

Eric and Faye just arrived Shantou University not long ago to start their teaching. I found their blog while I was searching blogs about Shantou. Eric just wrote an interesting post saying how he was impressed by the hard working university students. ...

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Recent society events

March 6, 2007

GCR Election of Ustinov College Tonight is the election of new GCR (Graduate Common Room) in Ustinov College. I’m not a college member, but I know one of the two candidates who are electing for president and he spent a lot of effort for this ele...

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Just had my hair cut done this afternoon. It’s very difficult to find a right barber which can cut Aisian people’s hair, this is a comment I heard many times from my friends from China and Japan. I have tried several in Durham and almost n...

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The word ‘Guan xi’

November 20, 2005

In one month time, I’ve heard two stories talking about the Chinese word ‘Guan Xi’ (关系), which means ‘relationship’ in English. One is from a podcast from TechnomicAsia.com. The little story about that grandma and for...

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