http://wangbo.blogtown.co.nz/2008/09/02/mmhmm/ ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://wangbo.blogtown.co.nz/2008/09/02/mmhmm/comment-page-1/#comment-5464 China Journal : Best of the China Blogs: September 3 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:37:46 +0000 http://wangbo.blogtown.co.nz/2008/09/02/mmhmm/#comment-5464 [...] stick with the alternate-days driving. Clean air during the Olympics has got Beijing residents thinking about long-term pollution control measures. [bezdomny ex [...] [...] stick with the alternate-days driving. Clean air during the Olympics has got Beijing residents thinking about long-term pollution control measures. [bezdomny ex [...]

]]> http://wangbo.blogtown.co.nz/2008/09/02/mmhmm/comment-page-1/#comment-5463 wangbo Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:51:03 +0000 http://wangbo.blogtown.co.nz/2008/09/02/mmhmm/#comment-5463 Face is an interesting angle to look at this from, but I don't see this issue as being any different from nouveau riche presumption and arrogance anywhere else in the world, really. Face is an interesting angle to look at this from, but I don’t see this issue as being any different from nouveau riche presumption and arrogance anywhere else in the world, really.

]]> http://wangbo.blogtown.co.nz/2008/09/02/mmhmm/comment-page-1/#comment-5462 ChinaMatt Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:42:33 +0000 http://wangbo.blogtown.co.nz/2008/09/02/mmhmm/#comment-5462 It sort of confirms what my students told me last year in regards to the No Car Day. They said if car owners didn't drive, they'd lose face...and we all know that no one in China can afford that. It sort of confirms what my students told me last year in regards to the No Car Day. They said if car owners didn’t drive, they’d lose face…and we all know that no one in China can afford that.

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