at home... in China » 20 sec China http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog part of a journey to become at home in this world Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:26:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 20 sec China v2: Going Home http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2010/01/18/20-sec-china-v2-going-home/ http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2010/01/18/20-sec-china-v2-going-home/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:54:17 +0000 Gerald http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/?p=1090 It’s just students waiting in line to get train tickets? Yes. And no.

One obvious thing first: it seems common for Chinese *not* to wait in line but to follow a “me first”-attitude. Obviously, it’s not always so.

Secondly, if you ever had to buy train tickets in China as spring break is getting closer, you would appreciate being cut a bit of slack. Sorry, but it’s just for the students, and only because Xiangtan train station currently doesn’t operate.

And, anyways: why does everyone have to get back home for spring festival? Read more on Chinese New Year and what it tells about China’s society here.

]]> http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2010/01/18/20-sec-china-v2-going-home/feed/ 1 20 sec China, Ep. 12: Changing Land http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/03/20/20-sec-china-ep-12-changing-land/ http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/03/20/20-sec-china-ep-12-changing-land/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:07:47 +0000 Gerald http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/?p=838 Looking off campus, over some of the small fields mentioned here, towards a hill which is now being leveled… It’s too much of a cliché, but change is constant in China.

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]]> http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/03/20/20-sec-china-ep-12-changing-land/feed/ 0 20 sec China, Ep. 11: Class Migration http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/03/04/20-sec-china-ep-11-class-migration/ http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/03/04/20-sec-china-ep-11-class-migration/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:22:02 +0000 Gerald http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/?p=789 (Part 1 in a series of videos “On Campus”)

Back on campus, back to “20 sec China”… This time, just a quick impression of the “migration” of students in between classes, from classroom to classroom. If this already seems to give a view of the masses of students at a university in China, wait for what’s to come…
Still, it is a sign of the upwards mobility of China and Chinese.

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]]> http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/03/04/20-sec-china-ep-11-class-migration/feed/ 0 20 sec China, Ep. 10: Li River Quarrel http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/02/06/20-sec-china-ep-10-li-river-quarrel/ http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/02/06/20-sec-china-ep-10-li-river-quarrel/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:14:53 +0000 Gerald http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/?p=704 On the Li River, where people come to enjoy the scenery of the famous limestone hills – except if they can’t quite enjoy it because something went wrong. Which is obviously the case, here…

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]]> http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/02/06/20-sec-china-ep-10-li-river-quarrel/feed/ 0 20 sec China, Ep.9: ???? http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/27/20-sec-china-ep9-%e7%8e%89%e9%be%99%e9%9b%aa%e5%b1%b1/ http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/27/20-sec-china-ep9-%e7%8e%89%e9%be%99%e9%9b%aa%e5%b1%b1/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:46:24 +0000 Gerald http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/?p=684 ????, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, is one of the famous scenic spots close by Lijiang in Yunnan. One climbs from 2500 m (8200 feet) and spring-like conditions to over 4500 m (almost 15000 feet), into the ice and snow of one of the glaciers closest to the equator.

]]> http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/27/20-sec-china-ep9-%e7%8e%89%e9%be%99%e9%9b%aa%e5%b1%b1/feed/ 0 20 sec China, Ep.8: ChuYi Picknick http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/27/20-sec-china-ep8-chuyi-picknick/ http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/27/20-sec-china-ep8-chuyi-picknick/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:36:52 +0000 Gerald http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/?p=681 Chu Yi (??) is the first day of a month in the lunar calendar. That day, New Year’s day. Traditionally, this is the time to visit ancestral graves and/or friends and relatives, wishing for a good new year. In the video, just a little picnic scene, looking out from Elephant Hill onto Lijiang, Yunnan.

]]> http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/27/20-sec-china-ep8-chuyi-picknick/feed/ 0 20 sec China, Ep.7: Kunming Processions http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/23/20-sec-china-ep7-kunming-processions/ http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/23/20-sec-china-ep7-kunming-processions/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:32:41 +0000 Gerald http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/?p=635 Admittedly, China is usually good for lots of people… so also Kunming, where these images were gathered. in this short video, bringing in a contrast: The first impression, a Buddhist temple and walking meditation; the second part, Wal-Mart before Spring Festival.

]]> http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/23/20-sec-china-ep7-kunming-processions/feed/ 1 20 sec China, Ep.6: Staff Dancing http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/19/20-sec-china-ep6-staff-dancing/ http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/19/20-sec-china-ep6-staff-dancing/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:12:00 +0000 Gerald http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/?p=631 Note: Role calls in front of stores or restaurants are quite common (actually, there was one happening at the next restaurant down the block), but public dancing of the restaurant staff is not so usual. That one sure got some looks even from Chinese passersby ;-)

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]]> http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/19/20-sec-china-episode-5-sanya-coast/feed/ 0 20 sec China, Ep. 4: Photos at Tianya http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/19/20-sec-china-ep-4-photos-at-tianya/ http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/2009/01/19/20-sec-china-ep-4-photos-at-tianya/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:43:17 +0000 Gerald http://www.positive-ecology.org/blog/?p=619 Note: ???? (TianYaHaiJiao), usually translated simply as “the end of the world” is a famous location in China, popular with Chinese tourists.

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