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Liu Jun

Why Daissy is a Colombian flower who helped me bloom in US

"Try this on," Daissy Owen says, tossing another T-shirt over the WalMart changing room door.
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Mei Jia

'Quake relics' only reminder of 2008 disaster in Wenchuan

News about the recent earthquakes in Yunnan province and Japan brought back memories of my last trip to Wenchuan, Sichuan province, in February.
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Erik Nilsson

Chinese learning like getting in shape: no pain, no gain

A foreigner hoping to learn Chinese is like a person with a flabby physique hoping to get in shape.
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John Clark

A trim at the barber that raised eyebrows

They say the eyes are the window of the soul. In that case, eyebrows must be window frames. There's nothing quite like well-shaped eyebrows to set off a girl's peepers.
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Stuart Beaton

Happy long life noodles to you all!

When I was living in Adelaide, I would often buy packets of dried "Long Life Noodles" from a little shop in Chinatown, near the Central Market.
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If you wanna beep me, I won't say no

If there's one thing I love about Beijing's traffic it is the propensity of drivers to blow their horns at the slightest provocation.
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Patrick Whiteley

A friend in need is a friend indeed, wherever you are

The Chinese people are a friendly mob and are quick to assist baffled newcomers in this foreign land on the far side of the world.
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John Clark

Search for coat leads me to my block of flats

I have never been colder than here in Beijing. A perishing cold that creeps across your back and chills your arms and legs.
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Karl Arney

Why Yao Ming serves as a very tall cross-cultural bridge

When people talk about Yao Ming now, their thoughts are of his latest injury and the uncertainty this has brought upon his career.
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Stuart Beaton

Trying a bit of fun to keep classroom awake

As I sit here in my office, overlooking the campus of Tianjin Medical University, I can see hundreds of students coming through the gates - each towing a suitcase, or lugging bags - as they get ready to start the new term.
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