I am attending an international congress in Shanghai, which is an extremely important meeting and makes me pretty busy. But I am still impressed by the preparations the city is making for the 2007 Shanghai Special Olympic Games, which will be held this October and held in Asia for the first time. The […]

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According to the Foreign Media Service Guide released by Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) on last Wednesday, the foreign media organizations and foreign journalists will be free to report during the 2008 Olympic Games.
BOCOG summarized the Service Guide on its official website,

The Guide covers such a dozen matters […]

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An old man, using a big Chinese brush with water, is practicing Chinese calligraphy (书法, Shu Fa) on the stone road in Beihai Park (北海公园) in Beijing, yesterday morning. Many Chinese, especially the old man, practice Chinese calligraphy as an exercise to develop or maintain one’s physical and spiritual well being. Historically, many calligraphists were […]

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The past Golden Week (黄金周) from May 1 to May 7, the 20th golden week in China, is the most Renao (热闹) Golden Week since China’s Golden Week policy launched by the government in 1999. The photo, by frank, shows tourists taking pictures before Tiananmen (天安门) in the last evening of the Golden Week.
According to […]

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I was suggested that I should choose a luck day (黄道吉日) to start my English blog, the Land of Opportunity. I accept the suggestion, for many Chinese believe that the luck day will bring you a wonderful beginning and a prosperous future, especially when you start to do something important.  
The theory of luck day, like […]

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