Archive for the 'travelling' Category

• 05.14.08 Chinese Calligraphy: Master Yue Le
  
  "In previous post in which I discussed chinese calligraphy, I talked a little bit about chinese calligraphy's history, and my impressions of its influence in contemporary chinese design. Since a lot of people have been asking me for more on the topic, I've decided to post on YouTube some videos of a trip my wife, a couple of friends and I did to Zhu Jia Jiao, one of the many river towns just outside Shanghai. In Zhu Jia Jiao, we've met Master Yue Le, a local artist that makes his living on creating banners/posters for tourist that visit that town: with our little domain of Mandarin, we've asked him to create some banners to represent something he would consider typical..."  read on
  
  posted in creativity, typography, calligraphy, tourism, brazil, travelling, design, education, china, shanghai, culture
• 02.11.08 Internet in China: World’s Largest Internet Market
  
  "Chinese Web users will spend 45.8 percent more this year on online games and booking hotel and flight tickets, among other services available online: total spending by Chinese Internet users will hit 581.5 billion yuan (US$77.53 billion), said an Internet Society of China report issued recently. The report's findings are based on data collected from a survey of 50,786 mainland Internet users and 270 companies across the country, as well as from seminars and interviews with industry experts... "  read on
  
  posted in china, software, travelling, market, information technology, trends, gaming, e-commerce, advertising, internet
• 02.02.08 Millions stranded by the snow in holiday havoc
  
  "Heavy white storms staged a comeback late yesterday as China's transport network remained crippled by the heaviest snowfall in five decades. Millions of people trying to head home for the Spring Festival are stranded. The big freeze has killed dozens of people, impacted on the lives of at least 80 million others and caused economic losses estimated at more than 53.8 billion yuan (US$7.5 billion)..."  read on
  
  posted in travelling, living, transportation, changsha, hunan, beijing, china, media, economics, wealth, natural resources, environment

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