News in China

Around 100 pairs of young men and women kiss in the Huanlegu amusement park in Shanghai, east China, to celebrate the Chinese Valentine’s Day, or the Qixi festival which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month on the Chinese lunar calendar.

I can not keep laughing when I read the bloomberg news China Tops Japan as World’s No. 2 Economy . I can imagine how excited CCTV will be when they report the big “victory” news tomorrow.  As an ordinary Chinese, I can not feel I am getting rich. I will feel it is luxury if I drink more than three bottles of cold beer one day.

Nowadays, there are more and more expats in China.  Mainly they lived in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou.,etc. In China, you have to face a serious problems: How to access free internet. Due to the sophisticated GFW, you can not access youtube, facebook and twitter in China. I saw most expats choose to buy an expensive VPN to solve the headache.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Ryan Hardy will replace last year’s assistant men’s ice hockey assistant coach Peter Langella and assist longtime Eph head coach Bill Kangas for the 2010-11 season.

Ramadan in 2010 will start on Wednesday, the 11th of August and will continue for 30 days until Thursday, the 9th of September.

According to the LA Times, “the Perseid meteor shower that will peak Thursday night and Friday morning is expected to be unusually bright and visible in the night sky this year because moonlight won’t be hampering the celestial show.” Video after the break.