I am becoming a little self-conscious about my size. I am a little taller than the average U.S. male and weigh more than I should, but here people look at me. I started to notice this yesterday.
It started during our visit to the Forbidden City. They asked us to wear these strange hats so that [...]
Our Internet access has worked great, but we have encountered one “issue”. Cindy was trying to write about our viewing of Tiananmen Square when we visited the Hall of the People and was attempting to locate the proper spelling. She found that the entry in Wikipedia was “reset” when she attempted to load the link [...]
Just a few additional comments related to the school visits. Schools take great pride in school accomplishments and share such information in ways that I would not have expected. For example, I would not have assumed that middle or high schools would develop elaborate glossy pamphlets to promote the special qualities of that school.
On those [...]
A couple of today’s headlines from the China Daily (English edition):
Yao about that: Yao wins match-up with O’Neil
Friedman: Nothing girly about being green (Friedman is in Beijing to promote new book - Green is the New Red, White, Blue). The core message from the “World is Flat” is well received here.
We are back in our [...]
This entry will be brief because I am tired. If possible, I did want to generate one entry during each day of our visit. We had dinner this evening in the Great Hall of the People. It was a unique experience, but we got back to our hotel late. Cindy updates her blog when she [...]