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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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Earthquake An earthquake measuring 5,5 on the Richter scale hit northwest China’s Qinghai province this early morning at 5:56. There was no immediate report of casualties.The epicentre of the quake was in the Mongolian-Tibetan district of Haixi, about 716 km west of the provincial capital Xining. At... Click here to read the full story!
Earthquake A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 (some sources say 6.9) strucked this morning, Thursday 18.02.09, in the border region of China, Russia and North Korea. This was reported by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and other Geological Research stations today. Its epicentre was... 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!
Hans Beer (汉斯啤酒) I thought what a wonderful idea for an article, then that of the Xi’an famous, Hans Gampi (Beer). What a wonderful world we live in here in Xi'an, with having such a good local beer as that of Hans. This beer is brewed in neighbouring town Baoji, and is a favourite drop of the expat... Click here to read the full story!
Finding work in China I’ve had 4 people call me about working with SRI or information about new jobs elsewhere, two people talked with me about starting their own companies and a couple others talk with me about networking for other work options. I also met in the airport a new couple just moving over to SZ for... Click here to read the full story!
DJ Elemance Cam Marsland (Dj Elemance), began his electronic music journey back in the mid 90s when he started making music with computer software Rebirth. December 2001, saw Elemance storm into the DJ scene in Brisbane, playing to a packed room at Summer Advent*jah Festival supporting superstar dj Sasha.... Click here to read the full story!
Saving face Ah...face. Notice how people save face? They do not gain face. They avoid losing it. Perhaps this is simply a pointless semantic discussion but perhaps it is not. I’ve encountered a few very interesting situations in Xi'an and other cities in China that involved someone losing face. No... Click here to read the full story!
Real Estate Price war Real Estate companies compete desperately for customers these days. Hard times for them but good for consumers. It was never that cheap to buy a house/apartment these days in Xi'an. How long it will last until prices start to raise up again? It is quite usual these days that real estate companies... Click here to read the full story!
The end justifies the means Niccolo Machiavelli (3. May 1469 – 21. June 1527) - we do not describe and quote a Spaniard this time like in a past ND note, but a great and world famous philosopher and writer from Florence who shaped the world as well. He lived in the beautiful city Florence in todays known Italian... Click here to read the full story!
Xing Qing Park Local people's leisure life in Xing Qing Park: Xi'an is the most historical and culture city of China similar to Kyoto to Japan and the best way to have the exposure to the City people's lesiure life is the parks around here. Xing Qing Park is the biggest and most beautiful among the... Click here to read the full story!
John Beddoe John Beddoe is one of those exceptional expats who is absolutely worth to be mentioned. He is, due to his professional obligations in his home country Australia, an irregular visitor of Xi'an yet. But even so, he always looks forward to come back to Xi'an and enjoys the teaching classes... 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!
Sofitel Located in the midst of Xian's commercial district, a legend within a legend, Renmin Square Xian is a complex spread out on richly landscaped grounds dotted with heritage structures dating back more than five decades. It has seen colourful days during China 's revolutionary days and has played... Click here to read the full story!
Taoqi: Desobedientes En el salon de clase la profesora le dice a los alumnos: miren, mi handy nuevo tiene camara. Cuando se porten mal los voy a grabar. Y cuando sus papas vengan les voy a mostrar los videos. Para que vean lo cansones que son! Un niňo que normalmente no pone cuidado a lo que la profersora dice se para... Click here to read the full story!
Eine letzte gute Tat Man macht sich immer Gedanken, wie man die verbleibende Zeit am besten verbringt, was man am besten macht. Viele Ratgeber fangen mit dem Satz an: Stellen Sie sich vor Sie haben nur noch sechs Monate zu leben! Aber das hier ist nicht sowas... im Gegenteil hier geht es um meine letzten Taten bevor... 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!
Prince Restaurant Xi'an Prince Restaurant is located at the 4-5th Floor of Prince Building, No.5 of Fen Road, South Street of Xi'an City. Its total area is 10,429.12 square meters and its business area is about 8,000 square meters. The Xi'an Prince Restaurant opened on December 28th, 2002. It has totally... Click here to read the full story!
Likes and Dislikes Xi'an was a blast from the past, literally. It is an old city in China, full of history, yet modernized like all other industrializing cities in China and of course, home to the Terracotta warriors. A couple of hard facts in advance: Xi'an or Sian, capital of Shaanxi province, China, in the Wei... 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!
Another Headache... We've been working on samples for a large order of clothes for over a year now. The clothes are cool, new, fun. But it's been a very difficult process getting to the end of the road—the start of actual production. We've got the PO signed, the deposit paid and what happens? ... Click here to read the full story!
Xi'an Models: Zhang Qian Ru Zhang Qian Ru is a charismatic model and university student studying tourism and logistics. As a model she is based in Xi'an, but she recently did a photo shoot in Henan which was followed by commercial photo sessions for several local agencies in Xi'an. Besides modelling, which she... Click here to read the full story!
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