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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 ...
Xi'ans News and Stories - Contribute!!! Submit a story to ND!! Email: mystories@newdynasty.com.cn
Careful when eating Zongzi... The short holiday for Duan wu jie(also known as Dragon boat festival )has just gone by. But during this three days, three people have visited hospitals because the stone of Chinese jujube in Zongzi ( food eaten especially at Duan wu jie) stuck in their esophagus. May, the 28th, the fifth day of... Click here to read the full story!
High-Speed-Rails A new dedicated 968-kilometer high-speed rail line linking Wuhan, in the heart of central China, to Guangzhou, on the southeastern coast is coming. In test trials, the "WuGuang" trains (locally built variants of Japan's Shinkansen and Germany's ICE) clocked peak speeds of up to 394 km/h.... Click here to read the full story!
Let's agreeing, OK? Eenglisha es a eenternational language. My study Eenglisha help I meet a much a-money. I'm father she want a me study much Eenglisha. I'm don't a like eet-a. For breakfirst my eat bread and a milk. You have two heads. But a I'm like sleeping, basketballs and a footaball. I'm study many year... 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!
Boom Market: Construction In the last couple of years the Xi'an region has actually grown at an average of 15% per year. The growth in Xi'an is therewith once again 50% to 100% higher than in the rest of Mainland China. You think that China's economic growth of 8% is impressive? Well, according to the governor of Shaanxi... 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!
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!
Late Night Taxi Ride During these last couple month I have frequently journeyed this rollercoaster ride, known as the “Late Night Taxi Ride”. This experience is somewhat daunting at first, due to my lack of knowledge of the vastness of Xi’an, and my lack of skills in the Chinese language department.... Click here to read the full story!
Independent of any fashion One of Spain's and Europe's greatest philosopher and writer - Balthasar Gracián († 6. Dezember 1658) - once wrote in his world famous work :"The Art of Wordly Wisdom", Aphorism CI: La mitad del mundo se está riendo de la otra mitad, y ambas son necias.... Click here to read the full story!
Hotels in Xi'an/China Vorab, liebe Leser: Ich bin kein Hotelfachmann und auch nicht in der Hotelbranche tätig aber wohnhaft in Xi'an. Ich werde im folgendem ND-Artikel meine Gedanken und Beobachtungen bez. Hotelkonzepte in Xi'an/China niederschreiben und am Ende eine persönliche... 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!
Grand Noble Xi'an Grand Nobel Hotel Xi'an is a new luxurious property offering comprehensive facilities and services for leisure and business stays. It is conveniently located in the commercial center, shopping and entertainment area of Xian’s downtown, neighboring a lot of popular tourist attractions. Only 40... Click here to read the full story!
Our son of a bitch En las últimas semanas, han salido a la luz, gracias a Wikileaks, documentos que demuestran que EEUU mató a 70.000 civiles en Irak. Creo que semejante horror da bastantes argumentos a quienes defendemos que la comunidad internacional, especialmente la occidental, ejerce una terrible... 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!
Golden Dynasty Explore the exciting experience in Chinese cuisine at the Golden Dynasty Chinese Restaurant, with specialty foods originating from Beijing known as the Tan Jia Cai style of food. Take pleasure in dining exquisite Chinese cuisine in an elegant atmosphere, or in one of the private rooms for an... 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!
您对相声了解多少？ 您对相声了解多少？您对口技了解多少？您又对茶文化了解多少？ 西安品艺园--据说是目前西安档次最高的茶楼,... Click here to read the full story!
Gareth Johnson Gareth Johnson is currently the managing-director and part time guide for Young Pioneer Tours. He spends his time floating between historic Xi'an, Beijing and the picturesque Yangshuo, where his bar is located. He was born and raised in London, England, before leaving the UK 12 years ago to... Click here to read the full story!
Poorly Made in China Like a couple other of my favorite books on China, River Town and Mr. China specifically, I’m admitting to you now that the reason that I like this book so much is that this is my life in print. This is what I’ve done for the past 7 years in China—solved other people’s... Click here to read the full story!
Xiamen Xiamen is actually an island linked to the mainland by a long causeway of road and railway. Sightseeing by riding on the Island Ring Road and a long bridge along the seaside is wonderful. Though the city is also called Egret Island, we saw no egret this time. Numerous parks, hills, waters, temples... Click here to read the full story!
Xi'an: A Market Report Since the 1999 launch of the national Great Western Development Strategy, Xi’an has grown rapidly as a major gateway to western China. With annual economic growth exceeding 13 percent, the city was spared the effects of the global financial crisis that affected China’s coastal areas.... 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!
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