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Archive for September, 2007

How Many “Golden Holidays” Do We Have In China?

Posted in Allen's China, tagged , , on September 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »

October 1st is our National Day and we will have a one-week holiday from October 1st to 7th. Along with the one-week holidays for the Labor Day ( May 1st–May 7th), we call them “Golden Holidays”. The golden-holiday policy began from 1999, when China was undergoing a long period of deflation and insufficient domestic demand. [...]

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Brizilian Girls Won An Overwhelming Victory

Posted in Sports, tagged , on September 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Last night, the city of Hangzhou had virtually become the home ground for Brizilian team. They not only blasted over Americans but conquered all the fans witnessing the great match. It finally ended with 4:0, a humiliating defeat for the American team.
The Brizilian team were really fantastic with their unbelievable skills and strong fighting [...]

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Happy Mid-Autumn Day!

Posted in Allen's China on September 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Every August 15th of Chinese lunar calendar is the traditional Mid-Autumn Day, a festival  for reunion because the moon is the fullest at that night in the month.   People eat mooncakes and fruit on that day, and family member go back home for a dinner together.
I never forget how we spent the mid-autumn day when [...]

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Chinese Women’s Football Team: Farewell To The World Cup 2007

Posted in Sports, tagged on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

(Picture from www.sina.com)
In the evening of  Sept. 23rd, the Chinese team lost the game against Norwegians by 0:1 due to the mistakes made by one of the backfielders. It was not an outcome out of our expectation, as our team had suffered more defeats than achieving successes in the past.  So, it was not only [...]

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Chinese Women’s Football Team Enters The Next Round

Posted in Sports on September 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

In the evening of September 20th, Chinese women’s football team fought for their last chance to enter the next round of The World Cup after they lost the game by 0:4 to the Brizilians. The frustrating defeat had impacted the whole team a great deal and the Chinese team were facing a very delicate situation. To [...]

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A Railway In the clouds

Posted in Movie Reviews on September 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Last Friday afternoon, I had a chance to attend a    for a movie called A Railway In The Cloud. The movie was directed by Feng Xiaoning, a famous director in China. Many of us have been impressed by one of his movies, The Red River Valley.  A Railway In The Clouds, a movie about construction [...]

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