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Environment

You Must Ventilate

January 20, 2010

in China, Environment, Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday #32

Open window in my workplace
Never mind it is 2C (35F) today.
Keeping the windows open inside a building during the winter months is a common practice in China. Fresh air is important! It’s one of my biggest winter pet peeves.

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The Burning Times

June 14, 2009

in Aviation, China, Environment, Expat Life, Linyi

It’s the burning times in Linyi, but don’t worry, the witches are fine. The fields, recently emptied of their latest crop of wheat, are burning across the countryside. What have been beautiful days with impressive visibility are now hazy and smoke-filled. The smoke of burning fields is one of the major contributors to pollution in [...]

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The Return of the Funk

May 14, 2009

in China, Environment, Expat Life, Linyi

And no, I’m not talking about George Clinton. 
It’s getting hotter and hotter in Linyi, and that can only mean one two things: the return of the ankle hose and the funk.
Ankle Hose

Ankle hose as worn in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square
Ankle hose are a mystery to me, an aspect of Chinese fashion I just don’t get. Any [...]

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One Year Ago

May 13, 2009

in China, Environment, Photography

This week marks one year since the devastating earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan Province. There is already so much commentary out there, I’ll simply observe the anniversary and invite you to view some incredible photos taken by Derrick Chang, a Canadian photographer based in Hong Kong. When I found out we were moving to China, [...]

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If Not Bamboo, What?

May 7, 2009

in China, Environment, Expat Life, Linyi

What we have in Linyi instead of bamboo:

Linyi Airport, May 2009
I could be anywhere in the world, but these flowers and the arbor reminds me of the antebellum American south. Maybe after a paint job and general sprucing up, couldn’t you see Scarlett relaxing here?

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Bamboo Silhouette

May 6, 2009

in China, Environment, Linyi, Wordless Wednesday

When I think of China, bamboo comes to mind, along with panda bears, dragons, pagodas, the Great Wall and gong fu masters flying through the air. But where I live we don’t have these things. I did find a clump of bamboo recently planted by a pond at the airport yesterday, though. I’ll be on [...]

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Great. Just Great.

April 28, 2009

in China, Environment, Expat Life, Food

Greenpeace Says Chinese Vegetables Tainted With Pesticides From China Retail News (emphasis mine)
Greenpeace recently published a report on pesticide residues in vegetables and fruit in China, which shows five kinds of fruit and vegetables contained extremely poisonous pesticide and produce sold in supermarkets contain higher level of pesticide residue than those sold in agricultural markets.
From December [...]

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Somebody ‘Heat’ Me!

December 14, 2008

in China, Environment, Expat Life, Linyi

It’s winter here in Linyi, no doubt about it. It is cold, although the day time temperatures are still above 0. We’re still waiting for our central heat to come on. In the meantime, we hibernate in our bedroom (with the electric heater) and take turns running to the kitchen for some necessary item
That’s why [...]

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Brrrr

November 22, 2008

in China, Environment, Expat Life, Linyi

For the last week our apartment complex has been in shambles, with trenches being dug everywhere. What in the heck is going on? Turns out that a little maintenance was needed on the complex central heating system. All of the heating pipes are being replaced.

One has to wonder why this sort of project was begun [...]

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Earthquake Comics

October 27, 2008

in China, Environment

If this doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, I don’t know what will…

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