Comments for China Rhyming

Comment on Gulangyu Charming? by Paul French

Paul French — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:52:14 +0000

If you practise you can start to use the term ‘muppety’ as well as well as the simple ‘muppet’, which is very London – as in, “you’re a right muppety little c**t” – people will believe you to have been born and bred in South London.

Comment on Gulangyu Charming? by Peggy Liu

Peggy Liu — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:49:12 +0000

Paul, I have lots of Gulangyu photos from a family trip last year. It’s worth a visit, especially if you miss Taiwanese night markets. Some of the housing was beautiful. The streets are very charming. Fun to walk around- especially since it’s pedestrian (other than a few tourist golf carts). The view from day to night is worth staying for.
ps. I tried out my new word “muppet” in London. Thanks.

Comment on Vandalism in Beijing – “Soul Removers” by Chris

Chris — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:49:00 +0000

Allegedly bulldozed for safety reasons during CNY, so that fireworks wouldn’t destroy it.

Here’s a photo of the ruins: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elephantonabicycle/6781147711/in/photostream

Comment on Gulangyu Charming? by Phil

Phil — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:08:59 +0000

I was on Gulangyu last Easter and was quite impressed by many of the buildings. There does seem to have been a concerted effort to restore and renew a large number of them, though there were still a lot that needed some love and attention.

Charming? Hmm, not when you have to battle your way through hordes of tourists and hawkers selling the ubiquitous nasty plastic tat. Once you get away from the main pier and to the quieter parts of the island though then some parts are quite attractive.

Comment on Shanghai: Art deco capital of the East by Annette Gendler

Annette Gendler — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:43:20 +0000

Thanks for pointing me to the CNNGo Shanghai site.

Comment on A New Book on Matteo Ricci by cburell

cburell — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:30:22 +0000

While we’re on Ricci, I can’t recommend R. Po-Chia Hsia’s _A Jesuit in the Forbidden City: Matteo Ricci, 1552-1610_ (Oxford, 2010) highly enough. Read it last month and was highly impressed.

Comment on And Another Chinois Poem from Vachel Lindsay – Shantung, or the Empire of China is Falling Down by cburell

cburell — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:39:32 +0000

Out of curiosity, do you know the year the poem was written?

Comment on Welcome to the Year of the Dragon by Chris

Chris — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:41:37 +0000

An imperial dragon. Nice. Thanks for the articles. And Happy New Year!

Comment on Kuala Lumpur and Penang, 1933 by Paul French

Paul French — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:38:25 +0000

the Glass Palace is a great book – are you going to try the Ibis trilogy now the first two are available – Sea of Poppies and River of Smoke – both excellent

Comment on Kuala Lumpur and Penang, 1933 by Bill Dodson

Bill Dodson — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:41:03 +0000

Love the Penang photos, especially as I just finished re-reading Amitav Ghosh’s “The Glass Palace” over the holidays. The photos add some dimension to the narrative.

Thanks.