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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 appear in local...
Face? What?
I’ll be the first one to admit that I just don’t get face. My wife would certainly confirm that as well. After I gra...
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 goi...
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 princi...
Outliers
Outliers, is the latest thought provoking book from Malcolm Gladwell. I don’t typically review books that I read that are not sp...
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H1N1-phobia A man who himself thought that he has contracted H1N1 flu called in panic the police in Xi'an. On May 31st , the police received a phone call from a man: “Is that the Police? I may have got the H1N1 flu…” The police sent him to the hospital to conduct... Click here to read the full story!
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!
Tah boo chur! I was at dinner the other night with a bunch of friends, mostly new ones. Usually being the only “token white guy” in the crowd, I had competition that night. Another Whinese was at the table. He’d been in China for 1 year and early on started working up the crowd with his... 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!
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!
Nightlife Popularity Charts Xi'an is a city with a long past and in the process of finding a new direction between the old way of life and the brightness of the modern world but the most striking contrast between the two is the nightlife in Xi'an. The places people can dance, sing and drink are often right next door... 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!
Order Food: A little Guide I have been living in China for one year now. And like most foreigners, I always ended up in the same few restaurants and always ordered the same few dishes. Even in restaurants with an English menu or with pictures. I often didn't know what the dishes are, either because of translations like... 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!
Howard Johnson Xi'an Howard Johnson Ginwa Plaza Hotel, a 5 star hotel situated outside the South Gate. And within viewing distance of the Ming Dynasty City Wall. t is invested by famous local Ginwa Group and managed by Howard Johnson International. Our hotel is the leading address for distinguished business and... Click here to read the full story!
Der Berg Hua Shan Es heißt, manche Berge sind so hoch, dass sie bis zum Himmel reichen. Es heißt auch, diese Berge würden den Himmel stützen. Die Taoisten erklärten bestimmte Berge als heilig. Einer davon ist der Hua Shan. Dieser liegt ca. 120 Kilometer von Xi'an entfernt und ist als Tagesausflug sehr gut zu... 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!
Great Mosque of Xi'an The Great Mosque of Xi'an is a tranquil and historic mosque that has served Xi'an's Muslim community for more than a millennium. The largest and best preserved of the ancient mosques of China, its buildings are a fascinating fusion of Chinese and Arabian styles. A mosque was first built on this... Click here to read the full story!
Curvas Como es la mujer ideal? La mujer de tus sueños? Pues cada cual tiene una idea de su princesa. Aun así, en el mundo en que vivimos, si una mujer tiene un cuerpo como el de Salma Hayek, de Scarlett Johansson o de Jennifer Lopez pues es considerada muy guapa, o no? Al llegar a Xi'an no podía creer... 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 and... Click here to read the full story!
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Dunhuang: City of Sands The dry-mouth, red-eye 5am wake-up, the manic shower, the sudden realisation that you haven’t packed any underwear - and then out the door before you really resolve the pressing matter of how many pairs of shoes to take. One long cab ride, a characteristically stressful check in, and a mad... 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!
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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