Beijing taxi drivers are famous for being talkative. I wonder if they will age to become the world's most articulate group of elderly people. Probably, because my observations have shown that local Beijing elderly people are much more effusive than their counterparts in other areas. They cover various topics, even if no one else is listening.
Dressed in a gray, traditional Chinese robe, and drumming up a click-clack beat of the Mandarin duck brass plates, or yuanyang ban, a young American speaks rapid Chinese to the delight of the crowd. The Chinese crowd is impressed by the foreigner's ability to talk in fluent Shandong dialect, but more amazed by what he is saying. The yarn he is spinning is hilarious.
A funny thing happened to me yesterday. A friend of mine MSNed me, mentioning that a book I wrote two years ago was available for download on a certain website.
On a cold morning last winter, Su Junyi, a graduate student at the Beijing Language and Culture University, tried - for the umpteenth time - to reach her fiance Yang Yifei.
Having spent one year in Sudan, Yu Min, the 44-year old Chinese military officer, is now back again in classroom, staying with his students. With his unforgettable experiences as the chief medical officer of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sudan, Yu also had more practical field knowledge to share with his students and colleagues.
Art can be a business, a profession, and for Lei Yixin, it was a way to leave the mountains where he tilled the land as an "educated youth" three decades ago.
You might not lose your way in a city if you have a map in hand. But you might get lost in a crowd of waiters sent from different restaurants to tout for business.
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