http://www.recordingbeijing.com Capturing Life in Beijing Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:09:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://www.recordingbeijing.com/a-retrospect-chinas-national-day-40-years-ago/ 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 ... http://www.recordingbeijing.com/beijing-the-happiest-city-in-china/ 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 ... http://www.recordingbeijing.com/car-accident/ 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 ... http://www.recordingbeijing.com/support-the-meals-that-matter-campaign/ Qianmen is one of the nearest old city gates of Beijing to Tiananmen Square. Lots of tourists here on a daily basis. He's a self-employed tourist guide. He's had no proper training, no official certificates of any kind. He spoke randomly to tourists and tried very hard to find someone to hire ... http://www.recordingbeijing.com/hes-just-a-tourist-guide/ During the 3 days vacation of Qingming Festival, Tiananmen Square was flooded with tourists from around the country. Qingming Festival (also called Pure Brightness Festival) is a traditional Chinese festival on the 106th day after the winter solstice, occurring on April 4 (leap years) or April 5 (other years) of the ... http://www.recordingbeijing.com/qingming-festival-at-tiananmen-square/ This was taken a month ago while the Spring wind was still strong. But the fresh air and the river were good reasons for the elders to have a couple hours of Mahjong sessions outdoors. The residential community I live in was established in the late 80s. So 90% of the ... http://www.recordingbeijing.com/mahjong-sessions-under-the-bridge/ 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 ... http://www.recordingbeijing.com/speaking-of-marketing/ 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 ... http://www.recordingbeijing.com/beijing-welcomes-first-snow-this-year-in-spring/ 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 ... http://www.recordingbeijing.com/ciec-job-fair/