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Spring Festival travel rush starts in China

Thursday, 19 January 2012 03:57 nickistin
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China's 40-day Spring Festival travel rush formally starts Sunday last week. Traffic management authorities will tighten patrol and inspection efforts to ensure road safety during period, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

Preparations are being made to ensure safe and smooth traffic as millions of Chinese are heading home for the Spring Festival gathering, or the Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 23.

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Holiday season and traveling in China

Friday, 23 December 2011 05:54 nickistin
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Christmas and new year day come soon. You may choose to stay in the city where you work or select traveling back to your country to reunite with family or friends during the holiday season.

In many Chinese cities, specifically in major cities or provincial capitals, commercial owners have already made the holiday everywhere, Signs and decorations. On avenues and streets, there are Christmas displays and people celebrate it with Christmas trees, cooking and eating special fooods, and spending time with family and friends.

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Christian Bale in China's Best Foreign Film Race Entry for Oscar

Saturday, 29 October 2011 04:19 nickistin
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As a priest, Christian Bale tries to save a group of women from the Rape of Nanking in a Chinese-made film "The Flowers of War".

"The Flowers of War" stars Bale as John Magee, an American priest in 1937 Nanking, which is under the imminent threat of a Japanese invasion. John Gillespie Magee witnessed Japanese war crimes at the time. He used a camera filming injuries of victims at the Nanjing University hospital, as well as in other parts of Nanking. This footage remains the most significant visual documentary record of this atrocities. He even sent a copy of the film to German Embassy in Nanjing at the time to reveal Japanese crimes.

The movie is shown for 20 minutes to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival, and it has been submitted as China entry into the Foreign film race for this year's Oscars.

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It's time to taste moon cakes

Friday, 09 September 2011 20:35 nickistin
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This year's Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 12, the second most crucial festival only after the Spring Festival and just one day after the 10 anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Chinese people would travel back home for a family reunion with their family members, to have a dinner, to say together, to eat mooncakes, ...

This tradition of celebration of the heliday has a history of over 3,000 years. Sharing a mooncake is a ceremony and family members will go a shop to buy a cake from a bakery or supermarket.  When you visit a friend, the best way is to bring a good brand moon cake as your gift. You will see a lot of shops in selling countless moon cake brands.

Not every one from expatriate communities like the cake as you may feel too sweet or dislike its double egg yolks. But you could try and have a great fun with locals for the feast.

 

 

Last Updated on Monday, 19 September 2011 15:12
 

The 61st Miss World China 2011 contestants kick off

Sunday, 28 August 2011 16:56 nickistin
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Wuxi will be the city to host the final for this year’s Miss World China and Miss China 2011 will be crowned in Wuxi. This year's Miss China will represent China to compete the title for Miss World in finals that will be held in London in October 2011.

Miss World China 2011 contestants will appear in Shanghai, Huangshan and Wuxi during the finals, with the winner to be crowned in Wuxi on September 12 during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The contest is endorsed and sponsored by multiple companies and Wuxi, Shanghai and Huangshan Municiple governments between August 12 to September 12.

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