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Xi'an Models: Guo Jia
Xi'an continues as a breeding ground for potential supermodels. The latest example is our new discovery and head-turner Guo Jia, who will be craning necks when she appears on local fashion magazines this year. We are proud of having her onboard.This university student has been thrust onto the fashion stage in the past couple of months and is really making an impact, becoming a new favorite ND Model! Since winning a model contest in Hangzhou last year, 1,78m Guo Jia will ...
China's Incredible Find
The terracotta army was discovered by accident in 1974 at Xian , in China, when local farmers digging a well broke into a pit containing 6000 li...
Tedious Taxi Trouble
Cab driver got the full whack of my jetlagged frustration as I arrived into the capital this morning. A female cab driver, I might add - alw...
Cross-cultural communication
Some time ago, I read an interesting linguistic article called Inscrutability Revisited by Linda Wai Ling Young ("Language and Social I...
It's Teatime!
I want to talk about three things, in my very first article for New Dynasty. Learning chinese, my perceptions of concepts of personal space ...
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FRAPORT continues its success Xi'an is now the world fastest growing airport - More cooperations in the making. The Xi'an Xianyang Airport of which the german FRAPORT AG owns 24,5% is the world's fastest growing international airport. Dr. Wilhelm Bender the chairman of FRAPORT expressed during his recent China visit, great... Click here to read the full story!
British Citizen executed The british embassy in Beijing confirmed the execution of british citizen Akmal Shaikh. The 53-old british national was executed with a a lethal injection in Urumqi, the capital of the western chinese province Xinjiang. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned this measure very clearly. He is... Click here to read the full story!
Xi’an Underground Notes Sometimes we like to think of the past in a deluded nostalgic way that just takes the good and conveniently leaves out the bad. My memories of my 7+ years in Xi’an are inevitably littered with omissions and thought of in the way an American sees a Norman Rockwell Christmas poster. But I do... Click here to read the full story!
Shaanxi's diversity Local Xi'anese in general naturally prefer to communicate in their own dialect (Guanzhong Hua) rather than in Mandarin. You can easily hear people bargaining in the market in Guanzhong hua, or taxi drivers, close local friends or colleagues who chat with you in their own dialect. Unlike Shanghai... Click here to read the full story!
Pretty Bubbles in the Air My wife came to me at the end of Spring Festival this year and exclaimed, “I think we should buy another house.” We talked it over for a bit and I agreed to go shop around and see what was out there. I was against the idea, for reasons I will get into later, but went along anyway... Click here to read the full story!
The Hell is paved with... Good intentions. I went to Pizza Hut a while back. My waitress seemed like a nice, smart person. She spoke to me in her best English and I replied in kind. What pizza would you like? Pepperoni, please. What size? 12 inches. She was able to tell me that I would have my pizza in 20 minutes. So far,... Click here to read the full story!
Gateway to the West At a time when Beijing was only a remote trading outpost and Shanghai a tiny fishing village, Xi’an was the world’s first city to have a population of more than one million. It was also the first international commercial center in China, serving as a starting point for the Silk Road,... Click here to read the full story!
Learn Standard Chinese We discovered a great free resource to learn standard chinese and dozens of other languages as well. And we want to share it with you: "Standard Chinese: A Modular Approach", provided by the Foreign Service Institute. This institute teaches foreign languages to U.S. diplomats, military-... Click here to read the full story!
Xi'an International Women's Group Well, besides that google.com is blocked in CN (Update 25.6: Working once again :-)), there is no other negative news to announce today ;-), on the contrary: We are proud to feature the "Xi'an International Women's Group" in our next ND TV Report, right before the summer break where many... Click here to read the full story!
Mandarín Mi profesora me mira y me dice, look at me Norma, ella escribe en el tablero 'c s z' y me dice, repeat after me. 'ccccccc' yo trato de imitar el sonido pero ella mueve la cabeza de izquierda a derecha y dice otra vez ccccccc. Luego viene la ese 'ssssss' y por ultimo la zeta 'zzzzz'. Fijate en la... Click here to read the full story!
Nankino Dum mi ekloĝis en Nankino, miaj usonaj gefamilianoj ne tute komprenis, kial mi volus translokiĝi al ĉi tie. Plejparte por usonanoj estas la problemo je la medio kaj tuta ekonomia sistemo ĉi tie. Ilia nekomprenado estis eĉ pli grava ol nun, ĉar la tempo kiam mi translokiĝis estis antaŭ... Click here to read the full story!
Xi'ans Air Quality Index (AQI) An air quality index (AQI) is a number used by government agencies to communicate to the public how polluted the air is currently or how polluted it is forecast to become. As the AQI increases, an increasingly large percentage of the population is likely to experience increasingly severe adverse... Click here to read the full story!
葬礼 二: 葬礼 我最好的朋友死了。从火葬场出来，头上顶着灼热的太阳，树冠的投影聚集在奇形怪状的根部周围遮掩不住孱动的人流，聒噪的蝉鸣，挡不住从灵堂产来的一阵阵悲泣。 为什么要用这种方式来告别往生者呢? ... Click here to read the full story!
Beim TCM Arzt Im ersten Stockwerk eines riesigen Hochhauses, vorbei an den Briefkästen und am Treppenhaus befindet sich die Praxis meines Arztes für traditionelle chinesische Medizin. Das kleine Zimmer, welches mehr an ein einfaches Wohnzimmer erinnert, ist bestückt mit einem Arbeitstisch an dem der Arzt... Click here to read the full story!
Kempinski Xi'an Founded in Germany 111 years ago, Kempinski Hotels has long reflected the finest traditions of European hospitality. Today, as ever, Kempinski is synonymous with distinctive luxury. Located in many of the world's most well known cities and resorts, the Kempinski collection includes hotels in the... Click here to read the full story!
Andrés Oliván Andrés is Spaniard and works since 6 months now in Xi'an. He studied hotel management and tourism in Spain and is currently working in an international hotel in Xi'an. He appreciates his time here and sees it as a good preparation and experience for his future career in hotel management.... Click here to read the full story!
GeMing: A Park & More... The GeMing Park in Xi'an has more to offer than big green trees and cultural performances: "Look there!" Klaus said excited. "Three people on that little motorbike!" We only laughed... that is nothing, we have seen four or five people on one! "Have you seen? They carry... Click here to read the full story!
Café 21 Indulge yourself in the Café 21 Western Restaurant, in western cuisine at Café 21 in Xian where you can enjoy the finest specialty steaks and international dishes from our menu; or choose to try our international Daily buffet. Our Buffet includes hotpot, grills, and steaks along with... Click here to read the full story!
Outliers Outliers, is the latest thought provoking book from Malcolm Gladwell. I don’t typically review books that I read that are not specifically about business in Asia here. And this book has, as it’s thesis, nothing to do with China. But there are a couple of really... Click here to read the full story!
Datong - 大同 I just got back from Datong, Shanxi. My school organized this trip, so this time I was traveling with all my classmates and two teachers. The trip wasn’t that fun, it was like joining a tour group, I had to follow the big group all the time, and our travel schedule was occupied with visiting... Click here to read the full story!
Xi'an Models: Wu Shan Wu Shan is a natural and decent girl from Xi'an. For insiders well known, since she can be found on many fashion catalogues and advertisements in the city. She is a kind of model that radiates classical beauty and elegant charm. Outside of modelling, she studies media, information and fashion... Click here to read the full story!
Foreign Mental Blocks While working in China is a completely new experience for most foreigners—and a completely foreign experience at that—there are some things that are, well, pretty easy to understand, I think, but that many new-to-China foreigners just don’t seem to get. I’ve put... Click here to read the full story!
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