Archive for the ‘China’ Category

  • Catch up on Recent Events

    Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

    I’ve taken inspiration from the latest Star Trek - Enterprise (and the letters that Dr Flox dictates) and decided on catching you all up on recent events in rough date order.
    Semester 2 (Mar-June 2009)
    The semester ended fairly smoothly. We ditched previous ideas of our curriculum and were inspired by getting our army of kids translating […]

  • The Autumn Tiger Ran Off

    Saturday, September 27th, 2008

    Check out that temperature drop! Almost 10 degrees in one day! The Chinese call the overly hot Autumn weather the Autumn tiger.. well, he just ran off with his tail between his legs. One day 33, next day 24. Jackets and longs are on the students already.
    In other news of B&B, we have had recent […]

  • The Holiday That Was

    Thursday, August 21st, 2008

    Firstly the folks (B’s) came to China for a visit. They went on a Yangtze cruise then ventured our way. We optimistically headed to Hangzhou and Ningbo for a holiday and looksie. The day we hit Hangzhou topped at 36 Celcius! We sweltered to say the least. We went for a few walks and saw […]

  • Someone knew, but quake-resistence is too expensive!

    Thursday, June 5th, 2008

    Experts Warned of Quake Risk in China - NYTimes.com
    For decades, Chinese scientists say, they have known of the risk of a potentially catastrophic earthquake along the Longmenshan belt, the area where the Wenchuan earthquake struck, and repeatedly raised their concerns with government authorities. But they say preparations for a quake there were cursory at best, […]

  • Quake Repercussions

    Friday, May 30th, 2008

    Would not want to be a Chinese engineer or builder right now.
    China fights quake lakes and probes schools
    Inspectors have taken samples of rubble to see if shoddy construction material was used.
    Lin Qiang, vice inspector of the Sichuan provincial educational department, said collapsed buildings might have been more solid “if we educational officials hadn’t left loopholes […]

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