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February 2008 Archives

Advice Needed on Rental for Foreigners Feb 28, 2008
At Kijiji, we are thinking about opening up the domestic rental market in China to foreigners. Olympics is an opportunity. Hotels are already fully booked, and there are many visitors coming to China during August. We want to offer some...
Are American Economically Family-Independent Feb 26, 2008
Maria and I discussed for a long time during and after the Culture Matters talk show, about the relationship in families in America and China. Her point of view is very interesting, and I tend to agree, but before I...
Congratulations to Jia and Xiaojing! Feb 23, 2008
Congratulations to my best friends and partner Jia and his newly married wife - Xiaojing! They registered for marriage today! Here is his announcement (Chinese site)....
Advise on visit to Beijing & Shanghai Feb 23, 2008
Today, I am trying to help Sally about his/her Beijing & Shanghai trip. Here is the letter: (Again, for my readers who haven't read my privacy policy, I reserve the right to publish any email you send to my email...
Culture Matters from ICS Feb 22, 2008
Just got back from the studio in STV for program Culture Matters. It was a great talk show (I would say it even before I participated) by ICS, and hosted by Sammy Yang. What an experience! It is the first...
Lantern (Yuanxiao) Festival Feb 21, 2008
Today is the Lantern Festival. I bought fireworks and fire it tonight. For my readers who didn't see the fireworks box - where the splendid fireworks come from, here is the photo: There is a green thread at the...
Readers Wanted for TV Interview Feb 19, 2008
I just had wonderful meetup with the producer, Zhu Xiaoqian, and Reporter & Editor, Coco of talk show program - Culture Matters of ICS. I am happy to join the program this Friday and talk about blogging. They are all...
Electronic TV Guild in China Feb 18, 2008
Below is the current TV program and their channels. Sorry that I only have Chinese version. google.load("feeds", "1"); function initialize() { var feed = new google.feeds.Feed("http://www.tvmao.com/tools/rss/"); feed.load(function(result) { if (!result.error) { var container = document.getElementById("feed"); for (var i = 0;...
TV Guide in Shanghai Feb 18, 2008
Hi Jian Shuo, I've been subscribing to your blog for years, and I really enjoy reading your posts about Shanghai. I think it is great that you write about topics and questions that your readers ask you. I also...
Photos in the Garden outside My Home Feb 17, 2008
After reading the last chapter of Alan de Botton's The Art of Travel, I decided to go out to the small garden outside my home. It is so small, that I didn't think there is anything interested there, but I...
Prostitution in China Feb 16, 2008
Dear Wang Jianshuo, I am a frequent reader of, and occasional poster in your wonderful blog. I'm writing to ask if you could start a topic on prostitution in China in your blog. I know that prostitution in China...
What is Knock Knock? Feb 16, 2008
Давид left a comment with a Knock Knock under Yifan Eats Orange Knock Knock Who's there? Orange! Orange who? Orange you even going to open the door? Posted by: Давид on February 14, 2008 5:07 PM Thanks, but what is...
Map of Motel 168 Feb 15, 2008
This is the email I am trying to answer. Dear Jian Shuo Wang, I've just read ur blog in the net. I'm so happy because next week I will be there (Shanghai) and I know nothing about your city....
Happy Valentine's Day Feb 14, 2008
Happy Valentine's Day! Valentine's Day is not a native Chinese holiday at all, but in China, especially in Shanghai, people won't miss any chance to celebrate love, thanks, or just for fun, as long as there is a related holiday....
Yifan Eats Orange Feb 13, 2008
Yifan likes orange. For the first few times he touchs an orange, he is very excited. Look at how happy this little boy is! Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang Photograph...
I Fixed My Sony P8 Battery Feb 12, 2008
I used to take photos with Sony P8 before my last trip to U.S. The battery of the camera was complete dead. That is the reason I bought another one T10 in Tokyo airport. However, I just few that T10...
Beijing to Shanghai CRH Train Feb 12, 2008
I wrote a blog about Train from Beijing to Shanghai, and it became a very popular blog on the Internet. (Searching Beijing Shanghai in Google will lead to this page). After 3 years later, many reader asks me about whether...
SHA to SFO Air Tickets are Cheap Now Feb 12, 2008
I frequently receive promotion from Northwest Airlines. Their price is pretty cheap! Look at this one: Basically, they are saying that Shanghai, Beijing or Guangzhou to Tokyo round trip: 1750 RMB or 245 USD Shanghai, Beijing or Guangzhou to...
How Translate Tool on this Site Works Feb 12, 2008
The Files are Not Actually There In .htaccess file in root folder, I have the following: RewriteRule ^(fr|ja|zh-CN|de|it|ko|pt|es|ar|ru)/.*$ scripts/analytics/translatedoc.php [L] This way, I have the most language supported: fr ja zh-CN de it ko pt es ar ru There are...
Yifan's New Year Photo Feb 10, 2008
Here comes Yifan's newest photo. He is no longer an infant - he is new a baby boy!...
International Channel Shanghai - ICS Feb 9, 2008
Anyone noticed the newly launched International Channel Shanghai from Oriental TV? It is a new channel from Oriental TV, just like the News Channel, Drama Channel, Documentation Channel... Finally, Shanghai has its own English TV channel. That is a great...
My Project Directory Feb 7, 2008
I just found out a directory on my laptop - the Project direction, holding part of the project I have worked on when I was in Microsoft. Hmm.... That is long time ago. Although the time shows 2007 (the time...
5 Billion SMS Sent Yesterday Feb 7, 2008
The number I got from CCTV today is, 5 billion SMS (Short Message) were sent yesterday. With the adoption of SMS, this is not surprising any more. The Spring Festival of last two years were already full of SMS: 65...
Watching Spring Festival TV Show Now Feb 6, 2008
I am watching tihs year's Spring Festival TV Show on CCTV now. It is from 8:00 PM to 12:30 AM next day. This is the 20th year of the same TV show. According to the latest statistic, 500 million people...
The Last Day of Year of Pig Feb 6, 2008
Today is the last day of the year of the Pig! Tomorrow is the first day of the Chinese New Year, the year of Rat... P.S. Why there are Disney Mickey everywhere these days?...
Snow Scene in Shanghai Again Feb 3, 2008
This is the snow scene of my garden again, taken in yesterday morning. Compare the photo above to this one. The below one was taken on Feb 1, 2005, in my article Heavy Snow in Shanghai. I should not have...
Why Snow Caused Power Failure Feb 3, 2008
I was wondering why snow in south China caused large scale power failure - snow is snow, and electricity power is electricity power. What is the connection? Wendy sent me the photo, and I was shocked. This is what happened...
The Most Severe Disaster I Experienced Feb 2, 2008
Recently, I experienced the most severe disaster I have ever experienced in China. The snow + the Spring Festival transportation peak made the country a mess. To be exact, this may not be the most severe disaster, but I didn't...
Shanghai Snows Again Feb 1, 2008
I cannot imagine Shanghai could ever have such heavy snow! I simply cannot believe this is Shanghai! The following photos were taken this afternoon - I am sure now it is completely covered by snow. Do you know why it...