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December 28, 2013
Geisha A-Go-Go: Katy Perry's AMAs Performance Stirs Debate - Speakeasy - WSJ
December 27, 2013
fuckyeahchinesefashion:
China’s Flowing Bridge with Three...
China’s Flowing Bridge with Three Separate Undulating Roads
In an effort to enliven the local area of a new lake district on Changsha’s Meixi Lake in China, an international competition was held to design an innovative, new pedestrian bridge that would span the length of the Dragon King Harbor River. The winning proposal was a stunning concept that rises and falls and ultimately loops back to itself, creating a seemingly endless structure, submitted by Beijing and Amsterdam-based firm NEXT Architects.
The nearly 500-foot-long steel bridge has three different pathways that each offer different views from their varying levels. Inspiration for the form was found in the popular shape of the Möbius strip, which is a never-ending surface that twists and loops back around itself. The designers behind the eye-catching bridge also drew from ancient Chinese folk art, citing the Chinese Knot as another associative image. The Changsha Meixi Lake pedestrian bridge is slated to begin construction in 2014.
The design looks fascinating, but I hope it could take more time to consider all the factors, and at least, build a lasting and safe bridge.
December 26, 2013
thechocolatebrigade:
Hong Kong 1959
Beautiful. Hong Kong is...
Hong Kong 1959
Beautiful. Hong Kong is really a unique place where Chinese culture (not completely socialized) meets Western culture, and it keeps a certain ShangHai style, and it is the edge of fashion for a long time.
The woman in the photo has a delicate temperament, and not one of the famous star in China could obtain such a glamorous standing.
Elegant.
December 25, 2013
ebookcollective:
Depresionismo Presents: A Concise Collection...
Depresionismo Presents: A Concise Collection of Essential Non-Revisionist Texts on Maoist China, the GPCR, and Post-Mao China
Edited by Gregor Benton and Lin Chun, Was Mao Really a Monster?: The Academic Response to Chang and Halliday’s “Mao: The Unknown Story” (2009)
William Hinton, Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village (1966/1997)
William Hinton, Shenfan: The Continuing Revolution in a Chinese Village (1983)
Qin Huailu and William Hinton, Ninth Heaven to Ninth Hell: The History of a Noble Chinese Experiment (1995)
Mobo C. F. Gao, Gao Village: Rural Life in Modern China (2007)
Mobo C. F. Gao: The Battle For China’s Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution (2008)
Dongping Han, The Unknown Cultural Revolution: Educational Reforms and Their Impact on China’s Rural Development, 1966-1976 (2000)
Edited by Zueping Zhong, Wang Zheng, and Bai Di, Some of Us: Chinese Women Growing Up in the Mao Era (2001)
William Hinton, The Great Reversal: The Privatization of China, 1978-1989 (1990)
William Hinton, Through a Glass Darkly: American Views of the Chinese Revolution (2006)
Lin Chun, The Transformation of Chinese Socialism (2006)
List of Works on Rural China — China Study Group
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December 24, 2013
Hello! What do you mean by "If it is a dairy, it belongs to a girl"?
December 23, 2013
110613 Wednesday
Arrived in Taiyuan by train at 8:49 am.
There was a bombing at the Shanxi...
December 22, 2013
clubjarvie:
I mentor about 3,500 different students at this...
I mentor about 3,500 different students at this specific high school. They are remarkable kids who spend their youth doing homework and taking exams. I enjoy bringing a bit creativity, confidence and craziness to their lives and all for my Grandma. She is my true inspiration. Some of these kids don’t have a person to look up to, so I hope I may continue to impact them in ways my Grandma impacted me. Like her, these students make me so happy and they don’t even realize it.
I’ve seen a wonderful video about something I’m very familiar with, and will never get it out of my mind. They look happy, and I believe whoever is behind the camera will be the happiest person to see all her students like this. They are lovely kids bearing incredible burdens from their family and country, they have heavy duties and expectations on their shoulders to fulfill, and still, they are happy.
That’s the strength.
December 21, 2013
December 20, 2013
life:
This WWII vet coaches cheerleaders in 1965. (Photo: Lynn...
life:
This WWII vet coaches cheerleaders in 1965.
(Photo: Lynn Pelham—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
