Tag Archives: Beijing

Thank you China sky dusters

I’m in Beijing this week showing my parents around the sites – which is amazing – but while my time is limited to flog on blog about it I thought I’d share a totally un-photoshopped photo of the blue skies. It does happen – sometimes.

More about this trip later.

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Ice Biking in China

While doing some research for a new website I came across this video of ice biking in Beijing. The video – done by some snowboarders from Australia – is a bit Jackass in nature but makes ice biking look like a whole lotta fun.

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Tune in: Beijing’s underground music scene

I’ve recently been tuning into local Chinese sites like NeoCha to listen to bands from Shanghai and China and found some really cool gems. I’ll share some of these later – when 9-5 work isn’t so pressing. But for now, sit back, relax, and watch this video on China’s underground rock scene by CNN. It’s [...]

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Will China vote Ying or Yi for the “Best Job in the World”?

Meet Yao Yi, a 30-something year old from Guangdong, and Yu Ying, a media professional and documentary maker from Beijing. They’re the lucky Chinese candidates shortlisted from over 34,000 YouTube video entries submitted from all over the globe for the ‘best job in the world’ – Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef.
And [...]

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Beijing music show part 2 & 3

As penned in a previous post I was walking the back streets of the Beijing a while back and ran into the gentleman in this video who showed me how he plays a few traditional instruments. Without further ado, here’s…that guy!

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Sanxian Hero (三弦)

During my last trip to Beijing I was walking the back streets of the city in search of something more authentic than Chinese students wanting me to buy their artwork. Walking the twisted lane ways I ran into a gentleman playing this plucking instrument which looked like an oversize bass but sounded a little like [...]

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