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New Shaolin temple store underestimates it’s popularity? by rodtrent

The Shaolin monks in Deng Feng, China unveiled a very Westernized web site today, marking a growing desire in China to monetize all things Chinese. Unfortunately, it looks like the Shaolin monks weren...
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Funky on the outside, royal on the inside by rodtrent

That’s how to describe the Beijing Olympic basketball stadium. Take a look. Outside, it looks like a cubed haystack, with 3 floors underground and 4 floors above ground… Inside…   I don’t know about...
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84% of Chinese believe the Internet should be controlled and managed by rodtrent

Sounds like China is being run like a corporation or enterprise environment. http://pewresearch.org/pubs/776/china-internet
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao - Now on Facebook... by rodtrent

http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/?a=5041&z=71
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China Shaken by rodtrent

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Latest Facts and figures about China quake and relief by rodtrent

Source: http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417421.html Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province...
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Learn Chinese by playing a game by rodtrent

http://enterzon.com/node/5 Zon is a multiplayer, online learning environment designed to teach Chinese language and culture through gameplay. As a web-based site, Zon provides real-time, on-demand connection...
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Casualties in SW China's worst earthquake by rodtrent

Casualties in SW China's earthquake: 34,073 dead, 245,108 injured Sichuan Province : 33,570 dead, another 5,260 buried, 29,418 others missing and 209,914 injured Chengdu City : more than 4,156 dead...
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China shuts down Web sites, other media, May 19th to 21st for mourning by rodtrent

Thanks to Babelfish, here's the info... http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-res&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbbs.xiashahot.com%2Fthread-281038-1-1.html&lp...
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How soon we forget... by rodtrent

All the signs were there for a quake, IF they had been followed. Yet man continues to rely on himself and his "science" instead -- proving that science is as much a religion as anything else...
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China Quake: How you can help by rodtrent

The 7.9 magnitude quake which hit the south west Chinese province of Sichuan earlier this week has left 40,000 dead or missing. To aid rescue efforts the following agencies are taking donations: Care Australia...
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Interesting stats on "Made in China" by rodtrent

Percentages of items made in China. Taken from the May 2008, Volume 213, Number 5 edition of National Geographic magazine (page 170). Percentage of World's umbrellas made in China: 70% Percentage of...
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Major earthquakes in China by rodtrent

May 12, 2008 At least 8,500 people die in Sichuan province alone after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits the region. February 2003 At least 94 people are killed and more than 200 injured when a quake measuring...
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Scoble: It's all about me... by rodtrent

Guess what? Scoble broke the story about the Chinese earthquake using Twitter. How do we know? Why, HE told us, of course. http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2008/05/12/using-twitter-to-report-quake-in...
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The Chinese Earthquake Epicenter by rodtrent

Click the image for a larger view to see the center of the Earthquake... The death toll is BTW: This happened on May 6th, 2008... Pond in Hubei Province Mysteriously Disappears: http://en.epochtimes.com...
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Ever watch Fight Quest? by rodtrent

Fight Quest is a television show on the Discovery Channel, where two trained fighters, Jimmy Smith and Doug Anderson, spend a year traveling around the world and take a week at different locations to learn...

Next trip to China by rodtrent

After a meeting last night and if all goes well, it appears that I'll be heading back to China in early October. I had planned on a December jaunt, but looks like I'll be headed back a bit sooner...
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China: True or False... by rodtrent

Here's a neat True or False quiz put together by some good friends of ours. I'll post the answer in a few days. See how many you can get right. I missed a few of them myself. Everyone in China...
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China in a couple hours by rodtrent

I picked up the latest issue of National Geographic magazine in the Denver airport on the way back from MMS 2008. Why? -- the entire issue is dedicated to China. I have read almost the entire magazine...
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Sad...KFC seeks to further destroy Chinese culture by rodtrent

KFC wants to start adding local shop and sidewalk foods to their menu -- driving the street store vendor out of business. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20080505-0504-china-yumbrands.html
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My last haircut was in China by rodtrent

Boy, did they spoil me! In China, a haircut consists of a standard 45 minute massage (head, neck, face, and upper back) and about 15 minutes for the actual haircut. All for the low-low price of about ...

Our most Scenic stay while in China by rodtrent

During the first part of our travels around China in March, we stayed in the Himalayan mountains with a unique Chinese minority group called the Lisu people. In fact, they don't speak Chinese at all...
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Here's a cool bit of American history in China by rodtrent

This picture is of the river/mountain range near the Himalayan mountains that the Flying Tigers used to resupply the Chinese in the 1940's.
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Game we made up in China - may be a good one for MMS 2008 by rodtrent

There are a lot of touristy spots in Beijing. For the better part of 2.5 weeks, we didn't see anything like these, in Kunming, the Himalayan mountains, Wuhan, ZhengZhou, etc. But, we spent the last...

Hey Rod, what's good to eat in China? by rodtrent

A few things, actually. (click images for viewing in all their glory) Cicada ... Crickets ... ...and, my favorite (seriously)... Scorpions ... Seriously...Scorpions were the most tasty snack I found in...
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20,000 dead in the first 3 months of 2008 by rodtrent

Wow...this is something to think about. There were close to 20,000 Chinese killed in the first 3 months of the year due to "workplace" accidents. Accidents kill nearly 20,000 Chinese: report...
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Death of Chinese culture by rodtrent

China is cultural mega-warehouse. The people’s culture has lived on for thousands of years — until now. The Chinese people are hungry for Westernization, and with the Olympics in Beijing and...
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Shaolin monks train all day long to kick butt by rodtrent

Seriously. From sun-up until sun-down, the youngsters train. Eat and train. That’s it. We were lucky enough to catch a training session. They train outside, rain or shine. The pictures may not highlight...
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The Yin and Yang of Basketball by rodtrent

Just how popular is basketball? No matter where we went in China, each school had a basketball court or, at least, a hoop. In Beijing, they have an entire public park dedicated to honing their hoop skills...

Continuing China Culture Education by rodtrent

Here’s something we’re attending this Saturday night. If you’re in the area (there are a number of myITforum’ers in this area, believe it or not), maybe I’ll see you there...
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