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Entries for December, 2008

10 Ways to Spend Downtime in China — No.2 the Forbidden City

The Forbidden City in the central part of Beijing is right next to Tiananmen Square. The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties lived there. The Great Hall of the People and Mao’s mausoleum are on the square as well. You can wind your way through some impressive imperial buildings and the grounds.

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5 Ways To Learn Foreign Languages For Free

1. http://www.fsi-language-courses.com/
This site is dedicated to making these language courses freely available in an electronic format. it is an independent, non-profit effort to foster the learning of worldwide languages.

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10 Ways to Spend Downtime in China — No.1 Climb the Great Wall

At nearly 4,000 miles long, the Great Wall is the longest humanmade structure in the world. It has a long history, too — the Chinese began building walls on their borders more than 2,000 years ago. In some sections, you can take a gondola, ride a “toboggan”, or even zip-line down from the Great Wall.

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Manners on the Table

Shandong province is the source of Chinese culture and it’s also the source of Chinese alcohol. Every city has its own alcohol brand. Yantai’s ahcohol brand is called Yantai Guniang. Yantai has its own beer brand too. Although the most famous alcohol brand of Yantai is Changyu. Anyway, Chinese like to do business in [...]

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Around the Net Weekly 12-14-2008

I just made a new category — Around the Net Weekly. Here i’m going to show you some interesting stuff of the week on the internet.

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Funny Pictures — Part 3

This blog needs more attention, come on people, more love please.

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How to do business with Chinese

Nobody likes to be reminded of death — especially during dinner. Take Chinese as an example, they don’t leave chopsticks pointing upward in a bowl of rice, because it resembles incense sticks burned at funerals. people who know this and concept of “face” will likely make a good first impression. But closing a deal takes [...]

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