The train to Lhasa, Tibet, that just a couple of weeks ago started rolling, is faced with some new challenges. It is still climbing to 5,072 metres (16,640ft) above sea level but its safety is apparently threatened.

These are the culprits (in no particular order):

Cracks
Shifting Sands
Yaks

Less than a month after the opening of the […]

The latest numbers from CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center) about internet usage in China show that usage is rising faster than before. CNNIC says that China now (July 2006) has 123 Million users. That’s 12 million more than the last survey.

January 2006 vs July 2006
The last time CNNIC published numbers was in January […]

Linese.com is China’s attempt at the online learning experience. Launched a couple of days ago it’s time for a review.
Linese.com Review
Well that’s what I thought before, but I learned from a comment on the Peking Duck that it’s actually a private backed venture so I am not going to waste much time on […]

My warranty of my dell laptop is running out and Dell China reminded me of this already a couple of times. Now I do know that they know that I am a foreigner. For those simpletons living in China they actually have an English interface.
The emails they send out have, how convenient, an […]

Who doesn’t want to learn Chinese these days. I do, well, actually I still do despite that my level is still below sea level after a couple of years here.
China launched a website a couple of days ago, called Linese, that aims to help learners of the Chinese language in the whole […]

Hello, I am an English teacher, How are you?
It’s 15:00 and I just finished my hamburger in Rendez Vous. It’s freaking hot and we’re waiting for a taxi on Nanjing Xi Lu/Tongren Lu.
I am fine, thank you, while keeping my eyes focuses on available taxis.
Where are you from?
Slovakia (I intended to say Mars but […]

While doing some research on Chinese Airlines I used an old bookmark of China Northern Airlines. Their main domain is re-directing now to China Southern Airlines that has absorbed them. Surfing a bit more on that old bookmarked site, I ran into this beauty of company philosophy .

Guided by the spirit of the 15th […]