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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 ...
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 ...
Who do you like to work with?
Probably who you identify most easily with. A year or so ago my then 5 year-old told me, in all seriousness, “Dad I’m like Kobe,...
Cuando China no ayuda
Las espantosas imágenes de un doble atropello a Yueyue, una niña china de dos años en la provincia de Cantón, an...
Dangerous Breathing
We came across a shocking but very interesting document: It is a summary of a report released by Greenpeace China, that studies the health r...
Xi'ans News and Stories - Contribute!!! Submit a story to ND!! Email: mystories@newdynasty.com.cn
Record holiday sales Chinas retail industry achieved a record turnover of 83 milliard dollars during national holidays this October. The chinese board of trade announced on last friday, 9. October 2008, that the retail industry sold consumer goods amounting to 570 milliard RMB's (approx. 83 milliard U.S. Dollars) ... 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!
China - Between Past and Future China is a country endowed with a colorful history. Owning deeply engrained traditions that few of it's population stray from it is a country that is hard to decipher for the outsider. Often what is visible is only a fraction of what exists. China is a seemingly never ending tangle of... Click here to read the full story!
1+1 Club When you enter the door of this popular club a standard security check awaits you. That is quite normal here for this kind of clubs and should be seen as a positive measure that increases safety. You should make sure that you are dressed "in style", although for foreign guests this rule... Click here to read the full story!
Have you eaten yet? So, I was back in China last week, and thought I’d put in a goodwill visit to the old office - you know, to say Hi, how’s it going, oh, and if you have any spare jobs going in Xi'an etc etc… A few excited faces from behind the brain-numbing draw of Excel documents and the... Click here to read the full story!
Pickpockets/Pickpocketing When I first came to Xi’an as a tourist more than a year ago, I was told “Xi’an is the pickpocket capital of China”. I like to see things at first hand, and not believe the hype, so I shrugged this off as a comment by someone who fears the unknown. Now a conscientious... 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!
How to cover your a... The last thing you ever ever ever ever ever want to do is to directly answer a person’s question. The moment you give an answer is the exact moment that you become responsible for every possible infinite action that occurs as a result of your response. Did you say the meeting was at 2pm when... Click here to read the full story!
Xi'an Marathon on ND TV The Xi'an International City Wall Marathon is a relatively large event in Xi'an. It is insofar special because it is being completely held on the ancient city wall. That is quite unique and gives a special flair for this event. Not only almost all local universities and expats took part... Click here to read the full story!
水泵男與蘋果谷 序 下面要講的是一件曾經發生在我身上的離奇事件。至于怎么離奇，以世間的眼光看來，實在是匪夷所思。但是它確實發生過，那種真實感就像暗夜的露水 在... Click here to read the full story!
Textile City Art District Much like Beijing 798 and Shanghai 1933, Xi'an has an art district called Textile town. The district is not an actual town but derives its name from the many textile factories built there since the 1950s. Xi’an Textile City Arts District is situated at Textile City in east Xi’an, which... Click here to read the full story!
Citadines Xi'an Central Citadines Xian Central is the only international brand serviced residence in Xi’an. Its ideal location in the city centre places it within walking distance to office towers with multinational companies, famous local specialty food street and cafe's, and a bustling street bazaar. Just an... Click here to read the full story!
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Shaanxi-Dialekt Für die meisten, die sich redlich mühen, bleibt die chinesische Sprache, ganz besonders die Schrift, ein ewiges Rätsel. Das Problem beim Erlernen der Sprache liegt in der Methodik, die sich seit Konfuzius kaum verändert hat. Dabei wirft einem der Chinesischlehrer so viele... 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!
Ian Clark Ian Clark also known as "Tao Yiran" is a true insider and not be taken as an usual common expat. He's been in this country for a decade. He has mastered Mandarin so extraordinarily well that he now works as a successful English-Chinese translator. Besides, he is a passionated musician... Click here to read the full story!
Falsa Falsaĵo En ĉi tiu epoko ni kutimiĝis al falseco: Holivudo, komputilaj ludoj, televidaj reklamoj, inaj ŝminkado, ŝerco-novaĵoj, sojkazea viando, plastika ĉio....Sed nun, la ĉinoj regas pli kaj pli multe da la videbla mondo kaj ni malkovras strangegan aferon: falsan falsaĵon, mensogon pri mensogo,... 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!
ChimeLong - Guangzhou Zoos in China, usually a foreigner walks in and feels like an angry animal activist; because of the sad animals on display living in squalid shelters with little or nothing to play or look at. So the few hours spent walking around looking at the different enclosures, is time spent commenting on... 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!
Xi'an Models: Rebecca Li She was on our list of future ND Models for months and finally arrives today. Every single reason would be good enough to feature Rebecca Li but for the most unknown ones we’ve never published these sensational shots until now. We felt it was time, big time. There is too much in her portfolio... Click here to read the full story!
Being a “Boss” in China Last week I had the opportunity to eat dinner with three bosses from four factories that we were doing a couple projects with this last month. One owns a large-box printing factory with 200+ employees. Another was the owner of a plastics stamping factory with about 150-200 people. ... Click here to read the full story!
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