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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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11 Tigers Starve to Death in Zoo Eleven rare Siberian tigers have starved to death at a zoo in northeast China over the past three months, state-run media reported Friday. The 11 tigers kept at the Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo, located in Liaoning Province's capital Shenyang, all died due to malnutrition, Shenyang Wild Animal... Click here to read the full story!
New solar research centre 2 days ago, on 26. October Applied Materials opened an advanced solar research and customer demo facility in Xi’an. It is the largest non-government solar energy research facility in the world, is comprised of laboratory and office buildings covering more than 400,000 square feet and contains... Click here to read the full story!
Green Spring Festival China’s Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, is the most important festival for the Chinese population. It begins on the first day of the first Chinese lunar month (which usually falls between January and February of the Calendar of the Occident). Traditionally, the Spring Festival is marked... 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!
Real estate prices in Xi'an As of today, the average housing cost of downtown Xi’an, the most developed and inhabited metropolis in Northwestern China, is slightly over 5,500 CNY per square meter (646 EURO or 820 USD). For a common household comprising of 3 family members, an apartment measuring 70 square meters or more... Click here to read the full story!
The ugly side of cynicism A while back, a friend of mine had his bag stolen. A bit later he received a phone call from someone that said he found the bag. They made a plan to meet that evening to hand over the bag. The stranger seemed nice and friendly on the phone. Well, a short while later, my friend received a call from... Click here to read the full story!
Chinese Superstitions Many Chinese sank into absurdity, rushing to wed before the coming of the Rooster Year (2005), a "widow's year" made by an ancient superstition arising from a calendar quirk. Because of the vagaries of the Chinese lunar calendar, that Rooster Year did not contain the traditional Start... 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!
This is just the beginning Here we are again with fresh news. So, what´s coming next? We are currently working on providing a web widget as well as providing a solution for transmitting our content to mobile devices. That way you will always know where to find what and easily have access to News, stories and events just by... 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!
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!
Sheraton Xi'an Sheraton Xian Hotel is revitalized with new standards of service and amenities. Our warm and friendly staff is fully committed to providing you with a comfortable and convenient stay. Our hotel’s central location is near the Xian City Wall and just 35 minutes from Xian Xianyang International... 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!
Green Molly Green Molly: A category apart. Green Molly is one of Xian’s newest and best locations. The location is an exquisitely decorated combination of a restaurant at ground level and a pub downstairs. In the restaurant you can indulge in the tastes of home, whether that be in the US, Europe and... 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!
Rumore, rumore, rumore Ya se ha mencionado un poco en los comentarios del anterior post, pero bueno, no me parece mal dedicar el artículo de hoy a la principal consecuencia que en China ha tenido el accidente nuclear de Japón: la compra masiva de sal en muchas ciudades chinas. Ello se debe, por lo visto, a... 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!
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!
Strategies & Experiences I had an interesting experience (interesting, as in: I learned a lot and didn’t get screwed) today with a factory that is working with us on a couple of projects. Basically the owners and the manager came to talk with me about the fact that we are “too strict” on our quality... Click here to read the full story!
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