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blogs from Guangzhou

Way of life.
Walk into a local restaurant in Guangzhou and you are warmly welcomed in by pretty girls of the same physical proportion in long Chinese dresses or in western casual t-shirts and jeans with the restaurant's name and logo on their t-shirts that are all of identical color and size. With a bow they wal...
Posted on 22 June 2010 | 12:07 am
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A Very Happy New Year of the Tiger.
Xin Nian Kuai Le(Mandarin)! Kung Hei Fat Choy(Cantonese) means Happy New year. Yes, it is Chinese New year time in the Middle Kingdom and everything around the city of Five Rams(Guangzhou) have adorned a vibrant red and gold tinge. This is the time of for grand celebrations, spending time with famil...
Posted on 10 February 2010 | 11:04 am
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How are you?
Image Courtesy: lostlaowai.com "Ni Hao Ma?" means a very friendly "How are you?" in Putonghua (Mandarin).That was a very friendly visitor at my door last evening saying that after rattling my door for five minutes. I had just returned from work and was halfway out of my shirtsleeves when the "friend...
Posted on 2 February 2010 | 10:18 pm
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