Living In China For Westerner

Make your life in china easier. Living in china for stranger can be daunting tasks, especially if you don’t speak Chinese and try to find your way around. I try to give you some advise as a native Chinese.

Living in china for stranger can be daunting tasks, especially if you don’t speak Chinese and try to find your way around. I try to give you some advise as a native Chinese.

Whether you think of do a world tour around china, or relocate to live there for a couple of years, you might have hundreds of question before you make any move. Question like:

* Is there any culture shock?
* Is English popular in China?
* How friendly are Chinese people to foreigner?
* What kind of social life does a foreigner can expect in China?
* What is public transportation in china like?
* What is the easiest way to make Chinese friend?
* Which city to live?
* Which currency should I bring to China?
* Is it better to bring the travellers Cheque or Credit card?
* Can I Live with a Chinese family while study?
* Can I teaching English (other foreign language) on Tourist visa?
* How much can I expect to earn when working in China?
* Is it easy to dating a Chinese? Or do Chinese people disapprove of mixing that way?

I have list the answer on my site.

The important thing to remember is never trust stranger, try bring cash with you as little as possible, contact is extremely important in China, have a basic Chinese goes a long way.

Author: Li zhang

China Unveils More Olympic Coins

China's central bank unveiled on Wednesday a second set of gold and silver coins to commemorate the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The second set consists of eight commemorative coins, two made with a third ounce of gold, one with five ounces of gold, four with an ounce of silver, and one with a full kilogram of silver.The brass-alloy coins, which are legal tender and can be used as normal currency, were put on the market by the China Gold Coin Incorporation the same day.

All the coins carry the logo of the Beijing Olympics on one side. Images on the other sides vary from Olympic mascots, dragons, the Great Wall to the Summer Palace, as well as martial arts scenes and dragon boat racing.

China released the first set of Beijing Olympics gold and silver commemorative coins in September 2006, and a third set will be issued in 2008.Finland began the practice of Olympic Game hosts issuing commemorative coins back in 1952

China's central bank unveiled a second set of gold and silver coins to commemorate the 2008 Beijing Olympics June 20, 2007. This photo shows a coin made from five ounces of gold.

China's central bank unveiled a second set of gold and silver coins to commemorate the 2008 Beijing Olympics June 20, 2007. This photo shows a coin made from from a kilogram of silver.

China's central bank unveiled a second set of gold and silver coins to commemorate the 2008 Beijing Olympics June 20, 2007. This photo shows two coins made from a third ounce of gold and four made from an ounce of silver

China Cups And Country

China has perhaps one of the most beautiful, most historic and most immense cultures in the world. China is home to almost 1.5 billion people with an almost equal distribution of males and females. The political affiliation of China has caused a lot of pressure from other countries. China is one of the last communist countries. Land and water mass totals nearly 10 million square kilometres, China is almost as large as the United States.

The history associated with China is rich and filled with knowledge. Being such an old civilization, China has am enormous number of citizens. This large number of people has resulted in a story involving population control that the world has watched unfold. China has a one-child policy. Only one child per family is allowed to those falling under China citizenship. This controversial policy has made China into one of the oldest nations in the world: China has a huge, growing population of people over the age of 70.

The majority of the income of China is made through the exportation of goods to other countries. Only a small number of Chinese citizens are actual farmers. Over the centuries, China has depleted a majority of the country natural resources. In addition, China has a growing pollution problem and suffers from the deterioration of the surrounding environment. This problem is exaggerated by the exponential growth of the population when compounded with the exponential degradation of the soil. This is one of the reasons for the poverty limit being over 10%.

In 1733, in another part of the world, Josiah Spode was born into a pauper’s life. His father taught him a trade that would serve him well after his father’s death when Josiah Spode was only 6 years old. However, this death only seemed to inspire the young Spode. Spode became an apprentice to one of the most reputable potters of that day. There, Spode would stay until his 21st birthday. Shortly after, Spode would start his own business. Perhaps the greatest legacy Spode left for the world today was his discovery of the recipe for Fine Bone China.

Today, England still remains the leader in Fine Bona China. With traditional family recipes being passed from one generation to the next, England offers sophistication and superb quality to all the Fine Bone China it produces. The Fine Bone China produced offers a dignified excellence to the purchaser. Even today Fine Bone China manufacturers pride themselves in bringing us simply the best of what England has to offer in collectibles and tableware.

As is obvious, China is a word that brings forth images of true beauty and true grace. Whether you consider the country or creation of tableware and collectibles, China is a marvellous example of human spirit and fulfilment. Whether you choose to explore a possible vacation of the beautifully, exotic China or if you choose to decorate your home and dinner table with the best china in the world, China will forever hold special meaning to our spirit.

About the Author:
Steve Thomas writes about China and maintains a China resource website at www.chinaa.co.uk

China On Top At Gymnastics Worlds

China's Cheng Fei celebrates on the podium her gold medal won on the floor as her compatriot and gold medallist in the parallel bar event Yang Wei (L) looks on at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 21, 2006

Aarhus, Denmark - Yang Wei and Cheng Fei claimed two more gold as China lay the groundwork for the 2008 Beijing Games by bringing their tally to an unprecedented eight titles on the final day of the world gymnastics championships.

No one could match the Chinese as the United States suffered their worst world showing since 1999, with Japan's Hiroyuki Tomita, the defending all-around champion, failing to lift his Olympic title-winning team.

As the new judging system made its debut for the first time at a global competition, three new country's won their first ever world titles.Fifteen-year-old Vanessa Ferrari won Italy's first women's gold in the all-around as Elizabeth Tweddle won Britain's first with her uneven bars success and Australia's Philippe Rizzo on the high bar.

But the stars of the championships were the Chinese, and in particular Yang and Cheng who wrapped up the competition by winning the parallel bars and floor respectively on Saturday.Between them they helped their country to six titles out of the 14 on offer during the week.

Yang, 26, was the most successful man, winning three gold. He helped China defend their men's team title ahead of Russia and Olympic champions Japan. And after having to settle for second best so often in individual events at worlds he took the all-around gold ahead of title-holder Tomita and Germany's Fabian Hambuechen.

"This is the best result for us in the history of gymnastics. I wouldn't say I'm surprised though," said Yang, the all-around silver medallist at the 2000 Olympics and 2003 world championships.

"I can only congratulate the team and hope we do as good as this in Beijing." Cheng, 18, closed her championship with an acrobatic floor routine which gave her a third title.

Despite failing to make the all-around final she defended her vault crown and helped China win their first women's team title at the expense of the injury-hit US defending champions with Russia finishing third. Chen Yibing, 22, won rings gold, as Xiao Qin, 21, successfully defended the pommel horse on Friday.

Romania, after a slow start to their campaign, were lifted to second on the medals table by veteran Marian Dragulescu's floor and vault gold.

The Romanians finished with four medals - two gold, a silver and a bronze. The US were seventh best with five silver and one bronze, just ahead of Japan with three medals - two silver and a bronze.

Their men's team had their worst ever showing, failing to qualify for the team final after finishing 13th in preliminaries, with their only medal a bronze won by Alexander Artemev on the pommel horse.

The US women, who at the 2005 worlds, won nine medals - four gold, four silver and one bronze - were hit by injuries.

Chellsie Memmel was forced to withdraw from her all-around title defence because of a shoulder injury, while Anastasia Liukin was limited to the team event and her uneven bars defence.

Liukin was shocked by Tweddle on that apparatus and took silver, with Alicia Sacramone, failing to defend her floor title, and winning silver on the vault behind Cheng.

Again it was Cheng who ended the final US title hope on the floor. She scored 15.875 to push all-around silver medallist Jana Bieger (15.550) into silver medal position. "I did the best I could," said Bieger, the most successful American after also winning silver in the all-around and team.

Ferrari, who single-handedly lifted Italy to fourth on the medals table, took her second bronze Saturday a day after her third on the uneven bars. But she missed out on a medal on the beam as, like in the all-around final, she fell from that apparatus to finish sixth in an event won by Ukraine's Iryna Krasnianska.

Australia were third best as a result of 25-year-old Rizzo's gold and Prashanth Sellathurai's pommel horse silver on Friday. Rizzo scored 16.125 to push defending champion Aljaz Pegan of Slovenia into silver-medal position, 15.900, with Greece's Vlasios Maras taking bronze.

Earlier Yang took parallel bars gold ahead of Tomita, who had to settle for joint silver with South Korea's Yoo Won Chul. Tomita also finished second in the all-around after losing his title to Yang.

Dragulescu, meanwhile, claimed his sixth world gold. A day after winning his third world floor title the 26-year-old from Bucharest took his third vault gold with a combined 16.487 after two jumps. Dimitri Kaspiarovich of Belarus took silver (16.312) with Hambuechen taking bronze

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"Olympic" Torch Relay For Darfur Takes On China

"Olympic" Torch Relay For Darfur Takes On China

A torch relay is making its way around the world, but it's not the official Olympics torch relay. It's a torch relay to highlight Olympic host China's connections to Darfur, the region of Sudan wracked with genocide. The torch relay, sponsored by Olympic Dream for Darfur, the Save Darfur Coalition, and others, has already traveled thousands of miles through past genocide sites in Rwanda, Cambodia, and Armenia.

On Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day, the torch arrived in Washington, D.C., to make stops at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the White House, and the Sudanese embassy before finally converging on the Chinese embassy, as shown in this photo. From left to right at the podium are: radio personality Joe Madison (a.k.a. "the Black Eagle"); actress Mia Farrow; Motasim Adam of the Darfur People's Association of New York; Mohamed Yahya, a Darfurian with the Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy; and Olympic medalist Joey Cheek.

This Week In China

This Week In China


With just over a week left to go before the Olympics, strong wind and rain have helped improve air quality in Beijing. But the Chinese government isn't taking any chances, eyeing "emergency measures" that still may not be enough to clear the skies. On the ground, officials are hiding buildings and areas considered to be Olympic eyesores behind newly erected walls. Despite increased security measures, violence broke out among some 50,000 people waiting in line when the final batch of Olympic tickets went on sale Friday. Olympic organizers apologized for a scuffle between police and reporters in Hong Kong.

For more on China's run-up to the Olympics, check out FP's photo essay and list of five ways the Beijing Olympics will be the "biggest, baddest ever."

More Olympics
China's anti-doping officials are planning the toughest drug-testing program in Olympic history. What's more, a new sex determination lab will test female Olympians suspected to be males. U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback suspects the Chinese government is planning to spy on hotel guests during the games.

Politics
Authorities detained a teacher who had posted images of schools that collapsed in the Sichuan earthquake on the Internet. Vice President Xi Jinping expressed concern over the ICC's case against Sudanese president Hassan al-Bashir, as Sudan's finance minister visited Beijing Tuesday. The Dalai Lama met with John McCain in Colorado Friday. China's Foreign Ministry was not pleased.

Economy
An unlikely alliance between China and India helped spur this week's breakdown in the Doha trade talks. An anticipated coal shortage may spark an electricity crisis. China is spending an estimated $40 billion on fuel subsidies this year, while also accounting for 40 percent of the world's recent increase in demand for oil. With 253 million users, China is now the world's biggest Internet market. Hong Kong and the mainland agreed to further enhance economic ties. Hong Kong Disneyland is expected to benefit.

How Will The Olympic Games Affect China Domestic Design?

How Will The Olympic Games Affect China Domestic Design?

Olympic games is a hot topic for a long time. The bird structure or its interior and building decoration all takes designers' creativity. Those who take their part in this big project will feel very pride and full of satisfaction.

Xiao Yong who design the Olympic medals said: "The Olympic Games is not a new topic. It is linked with China since around the year 2000. All designers are excited. Each one of them should actively make their own effort to take part in. Many projects are open for bidding. The participants should include capable designers, institutes, groups, and schools of design. It is a test for us to prove our teaching and designing abilities. It strengthened our confident.

It is an opportunity as well as a test." Amazing Design in various aspects of the Olympic games, such as the medal design, the clothing, the gift toys design, gives the world a lot of surprises. China Design Now places exhibits in the context of China's social, cultural and economic reforms over the last 25 years, providing both a critical survey and a narrative that enables visitors to see how China's new design and consumer culture has developed, what its driving forces are and where it is going.

China Design Now will include case studies of influential individuals, companies and organizations that have played an important role in shaping aspirations in today's China. This exhibition captures an extraordinary moment in Chinese design and the rise of China's consumer society. There is truly a sense of design frenzy in China right now." said Lauren Parker, co curator of the exhibition. The Victoria And Albert Museum's spring exhibition.

China Design Now, will be the first in the UK to explore the recent explosion of new design in China and the first to attempt to understand the impact of rapid economic development on architecture and design in China's major cities. The exhibition will be on view from 15 March to 13 July 2008.

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