China 2012

Welcome to my anything goes, food/sightseeing, and later, summer study blog for my summer in China!

On Wednesday I attended a short calligraphy lesson. 书法 (calligraphy) is written using an ink writing brush and either bottled ink or ink th...

Fun fact of the day: There are no verb conjugations in Chinese (for example, I am , you are , he is , etc.). Because Chinese is a character ...

东方明珠塔-  Pearl Tower, a TV tower and  one of  the tallest buildings in  Shanghai,  viewed from across 黄浦江-  Huangpu River Historic ...

Fun fact of the day: When shopping at supermarkets you are charged for asking for plastic bags to put groceries in. It's a measure taken...

Before these past few days I never thought I'd have a Japanese roommate. Before today I had never talked to a German, an Indonesian, a F...

In just a short week I'll be starting my summer Chinese class at Shanghai Normal University! I'm super stoked because over 3 hours o...

镇江三怪 (Zhen jiang san guai) - The three bizarre/peculiar foods of Zhenjiang 1.  镇江肴肉 (Zhen jiang yao rou) - A specific way of preparing...

The scope of the tomb More happenings from last week: Front of a Han Dynasty Liu family 墓 (mu: tomb) in 徐州 (Xu zhou) A buria...

Last week in 连云港 （Lian yun gang, literal meaning: Clouds and harbor are connected) I had a possibly once in a lifetime opportunity to pick ...