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A Blog for the expats in Yantai

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 the restaurant. Knowing the manners on the table would lead you to the success of your business. So what are those manners?

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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 more than avoiding offensive gestures. It requires fostering informal relationships.

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Human Flesh Search Engine — An Online Community in China

Who is the guy in the picture? He’s one of the most famous Yantaier…well…in a disgrace way.  He sexual harassed on a 12 years old girl. You might think its pretty normal in the modern society but this guy was caught on camera and it provoked the public. He then quickly became “famous” on the internet because of “Renrou Sousuo”.

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2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb

Ottawa, Canada – Researchers say they have located the world’s oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China.

The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly cultivated for psychoactive purposes,” rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany.

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“Lost” You Found Me – The Fray (season5 episode1 sneak peak updated)

Lost Season5 Episode1 sneak peak

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You Found Me – The Fray

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As a big fan of Lost, this video really gets me excited. One of the best feature of Lost is that it keeps giving you clues and makes you wonder. What does 4 8 15 16 23 42 mean? What is the black smoke? Where did the island go? The show will on air January 22th, 2009

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How to get a Chinese drive lisense.

First of all, you need to get a temporary resident card. How to get a temporary resident card? Just go to your local police department and register there. This is probably the first thing you will do when you land in China.

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Origus Yantai, a great restaurant for party

Origus, the famous pizza centric franchise restaurant, now debuts in Yantai. It’s all you can eat style restaurant including alcohol. It’s 37 kuai per person for a limited time; 49 kuai after Nov 18th. The restaurant is located at east of Changyu Museum, building #47. To make a reservation please call 6611900 or 6613900.

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The Classical Chinese TV Shows of All Time

You might get to know about China since 2008 Olympics or earlier. It might aslo make you wonder, as the centre of Asia, why Chinese culture is so different compare to western culture. How to get to know the essence of Chinese culture? The media might manipulate the true but they do tell you something. As a local, I would recommand you some classical Chinese TV shows which can help you understand Chinese culture in an efficient way.

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