Posts under ‘Events’

These are some pictures I gathered from the web depicting one of the National Days during the Cultural Revolution.

The smile was so genuine.

Foreigners in the parade.

On July 18th, Beijing was awarded the happiest city in China after a 2-week testing campaign across 6 major cities.
Two LED boards with “happy” and “sad” smileys were fixed on 10 bus stations in Beijing. Over 460 thousand Beijingers voted “happy” among the 820 thousand participants, a 56.06% ratio. Dengshi Xikou Station is the happiest [...]

An old man was hit by a taxi this morning when he was crossing the street on the pedestrian crosswalk.
The old man’s head was hit on the car window.
There was blood on his head, one of his shoes was on the other side of the road.
He was in severe pain.
His right ankle was broken.
The police [...]

According to State Statistics Bureau, there were 225,420,000 migrant workers across the country till the end of December 2008. Over 60% of them are working away from home, as waiters, construction workers, security guards, etc.

Most of the migrant workers are under-paid, have no proper insurance,  and are often asked to work overtime on a regular [...]

I’ve been attending job interviews pretty frequently during the last 2 weeks, approximately 1 interview every 2 days. I was looking for a part-time English teaching job with RMB 100 per hour pay (which is standard), so that I can continue my Internet marketing adventure (I’m onto several projects at the same time) without worrying [...]

The number of freezing days in winter during recent years is decreasing dramatically. Well, maybe not that dramatic because it takes like 9 months for the 2 ends meet so that people can have a comparison. But it did surprised everyone this winter for not having any snow. When the snow finally reluctantly arrived Beijing [...]

CIEC (China International Exhibition Center) Job Fair is one of the biggest job fairs in Beijing, if not China. Over 60,000 job seekers, more than 700 employers, 500 securities, and numerous vendors, journalists, and thieves make the huge exhibition space one of the most crowded place on earth.
According to official statistics, over 20 million migrant [...]

For Chinese, 2009, the year of ox, has some special meanings, especially after the earth quake, snow storm, financial crisis, and other hardships in the past year.
The word “ox” in Chinese is pronounced similar to “new”, but with a slight upward tone. People always attach their hope for the new year with the key characteristics [...]

Reuniting with families is the essence of Chinese Spring Festival.  But buying train tickets during this period is one of the biggest headaches for most people, especially the migrant workers who are reluctant to pay 50 or 100 RMB extra per ticket to Huang Niu/Piao Fanzi (Ticket Scalpers).

So they came to the train stations [...]

Well, everyone knows whatever figures the Chinese government releases, they don’t really reflect any reality. But still, I was amazed at the “official” figure of the number of infected AIDS patients. 44,389 people are being reported to be infected with the deadly disease from January to September this year, among which 6,897 people were killed [...]