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| 15th January 2009 Your reply | - From: #111 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN: Part 2, World of Ice & Snow, Stalin Park, Buddhist Temples and Confucian Temple!) It is true, that much of the wall has been used to build a new Beijing by Chairman Mao, and that included a whole underground city for the safety of the citizens of Beijing, and for the leaders, against the expected attack by Stalin. ----------------------------------------- Against Leonid Brezhnev not Stalin(Otherwize do you think the Stalin Park could be named after Stalin?). Actually Mao and Stalin had a good relationship. The relationship between Mao and Nikita Khrushchev was not good, but also not that bad. |
| 15th January 2009 Sue | Happy Holidays! - From: #111 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN: Part 2, World of Ice & Snow, Stalin Park, Buddhist Temples and Confucian Temple!) Heh Hans, great blog as usual. Trust that you will thaw out adequately during your annual trip back to Florida! Starting post grad studies next week and have my name down for casual teaching at the major Language Institutes here, and have a place to stay rent free until my place becomes available, so everything going well. Also hunting for good places for my Mum to relocate to on the Gold Coast, so no rest even for the not-so-wicked! Miss you all. Hope Stef gets things sorted for herself. Suexx |
| 14th January 2009 Hans | Bricks diverted for both, above- and below ground construction! - From: #111 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN: Part 2, World of Ice & Snow, Stalin Park, Buddhist Temples and Confucian Temple!) It is true, that much of the wall has been used to build a new Beijing by Chairman Mao, and that included a whole underground city for the safety of the citizens of Beijing, and for the leaders, against the expected attack by Stalin. Small battles were already taking place between Russia and China on the northern borders, as the two countries drifted apart from earlier co-operation. And so, believing an attack by the Russians on Beijing would take place, and having little time to lose, Chairman Mao constructed, with millions of the bricks diverted from the ancient city wall, a whole underground city that stretches for miles, that has not yet been fully explored. Visitors are able to take underground tours to visit some of this enormous complex and amazing facilities. Along with thousands of others, I have been one of these visitors. |
| 14th January 2009 Hans | Of course it is a long story for the Manchus! - From: #111 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN: Part 2, World of Ice & Snow, Stalin Park, Buddhist Temples and Confucian Temple!) It is not possible to entertain all of the detailed history of thousands of years, and so I appreciate the links. It would take books, as there have been written, to entertain all of these much earlier details. But in fact, the general idea as I have presented them are what has been written in my blog. For further reading, history books will offer year by year accounts of the Manchus. Thank you for the observations and links. |
| 14th January 2009 About Manchu/Man | - From: #111 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN: Part 2, World of Ice & Snow, Stalin Park, Buddhist Temples and Confucian Temple!) Your history knowledge is amazing. But there are some mistakes. Long story, so I just provide some links. There were several key persons creating the earlier history of Manchu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurhaci http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huang_Taiji http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunzhi_Emperor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongzhen_Emperor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Zicheng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Sangui |
| 14th January 2009 Correction. | - From: #111 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN: Part 2, World of Ice & Snow, Stalin Park, Buddhist Temples and Confucian Temple!) Chairman Mao, in anticipation of war with Russia, dismanteled the huge and wonderful imperial wall and fortifications which surrounded Beijing in the 1950's. --------------------------------------- The leaders decided to demolish the Beijing City wall, because they wanted to build a "NEW" Beijing. This was a vast mistake. Otherwise, Beijing would have its own wonderful citywall like Xi'an. In 1950s, the relations between China and USSR was good. But from aboud 1960, it became worse and worse. At 1969, it reached the worst. Small military confrontations happened in both Northeast and Northwest. USSR put great pressure to the Chinese leaders, bacause USSR had more than 1million army in China-Mongolia border and the China-Mongolia border is only 4-hour away from Beijing. So I guess most Chinese are happy to see the collapse of USSR, just like US. |
| 14th January 2009 karon | - From: #111 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN: Part 2, World of Ice & Snow, Stalin Park, Buddhist Temples and Confucian Temple!) It's so cool. |
| 14th January 2009 yunyan | wow - From: #111 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN: Part 2, World of Ice & Snow, Stalin Park, Buddhist Temples and Confucian Temple!) Harbin...ice world...fantasyland...thanks show those pic from Harbin,,,, ;) |
| 13th January 2009 Otto Zequeira | Beautiful photos - From: #110 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN, Part 1: Ice & Snow Extravaganza, and St. Sofia Cathedral ) Beautiful city. |
| 10th January 2009 anonymous | - From: #110 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN, Part 1: Ice & Snow Extravaganza, and St. Sofia Cathedral ) take care ! miss you , hugh |
| 10th January 2009 anonymous | hi - From: #110 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN, Part 1: Ice & Snow Extravaganza, and St. Sofia Cathedral ) are you cold there? take care of yourself. |
| 9th January 2009 June | - From: #107 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Fall Semester-2008, Activities continue at TTC) Yeh, the air of Taizhou was pretty chocky, particularly during those biomass residue-burning seasons, when the stars were completely obscured in the night-sky. Very pleased that the sky is blue during winter time. Hope the government will do something about it, for the sake of all its people. |
| 9th January 2009 June | - From: #110 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN, Part 1: Ice & Snow Extravaganza, and St. Sofia Cathedral ) The sculptures are really overwhelming and sensational! It's been a local tradition over, God knows, how many years. Thank you, Hans, for having brought us so many detailed photos to look at. I could never have imagined the size, the scale and the beauty of the famous ice show, unless witnessed these colossal products, even only through their photos. Harbin is a place much colder than Berlin averagely in winter, despite the lower latitude, though both cities have a continental climate. The amount of labour and cost of creating such fantastic artistries must be huge, but, it worth the effort. |
| 9th January 2009 Sam Xu | Hello Hans - From: #110 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN, Part 1: Ice & Snow Extravaganza, and St. Sofia Cathedral ) You travelled a lot , hans, you are good!!! I think you can not remember me . you old freind. |
| 8th January 2009 Sandra Cordoba | - From: #110 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN, Part 1: Ice & Snow Extravaganza, and St. Sofia Cathedral ) Oh wow! I did not know that existed in China lol |
| 8th January 2009 Ella | - From: #110 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN, Part 1: Ice & Snow Extravaganza, and St. Sofia Cathedral ) I think it's beautiful!! Thanks for sharing~ |
| 8th January 2009 Sue Treadie | Hi from Oz! - From: #110 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( HARBIN, Part 1: Ice & Snow Extravaganza, and St. Sofia Cathedral ) Hi Hans I am so pleased that you decided to travel to Haerbin for the Snow and Ice Festival as I did in 2008! I still can't believe you went without a hat! Aaaargh! Had a wonderful call from Stef the other day. Seems like she is in limbo a bit. Are you travelling home to the States this winter? Job-hunting is in full swing here- I'll let you know how I go. Miss you! Suexx Sue |
| 7th January 2009 Karen | Happy New Year - From: #109 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (2009-Happy Spring Festival and Happy Chinese Lunar New Year, The Year of the Ox !) Hello,dear Hans!I'm your stutent in Class 4 at Tai Zhou Teachers College.I miss you so much!Wish you and your family a happy new year. All the students majoring in English Education have finished 6-week intership,and we are busy with writing paper,next semester we will start job hunting.Hope all of us can get a good job,and hope you everything goes well! |
| 3rd January 2009 Sue | Happy New Year from Oz - From: #109 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (2009-Happy Spring Festival and Happy Chinese Lunar New Year, The Year of the Ox !) Hi Hans Just returned from a wonderful Xmas at my brother's place (first in 3yrs) and a week's camping at our biggest music festival where I shared my Persimmon Stollen and Zimststerne ? cookies with some appreciative new "festival friends" Thinking of you all! Serious job-hunting next week as all the Language Institutes are back from their summer holidays on Monday!Gobi blog finally coming up next week! Hugs Sue |
| 2nd January 2009 June | - From: #109 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (2009-Happy Spring Festival and Happy Chinese Lunar New Year, The Year of the Ox !) Thinking about the day of your final departure from Taizhou would be sad and a terrible loss for the locals. This may be a bit too melancholy as your brilliant entries are still surely available. What a wonderful description about the soul-character of the ox and, the bred smells fresh! |
| 2nd January 2009 June | - From: #109 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (2009-Happy Spring Festival and Happy Chinese Lunar New Year, The Year of the Ox !) My deepest thanks to you for having kept me informed up-to-date by each of your new entries. Again, I read intensely and enjoyed all the details. Ich weiss genau, dass Sie gut rein gerutsched ins Jahr 2009. Nur wuensche Ihnen viel Freude, mehr Erfolge und vor allem: bleib kern gesund! |
| 1st January 2009 Bill and Vi Shepard | Happy New Year! - From: #109 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (2009-Happy Spring Festival and Happy Chinese Lunar New Year, The Year of the Ox !) Hello, Hans! We are so happy to see you're enjoying this chapter in your life. Bill and I are having a wonderful time with our now 2 1/2 year-old Samantha! Would you send us your mailing address? We'd love to send you a picture! Many Blessings! Bill, Vi, and Samantha Shepard |
| 1st January 2009 Lily | the first time to see your blog - From: #107 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Fall Semester-2008, Activities continue at TTC) This is my first time to see your blog, from which I know more about Taizhou. Although in several months I will gratuatoin and leave this place, I think I will miss this place.Hans, happy new year! |
| 1st January 2009 Lozmac | Happy New Year xxx - From: #109 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (2009-Happy Spring Festival and Happy Chinese Lunar New Year, The Year of the Ox !) Hi Babe not had read all of your blog entries yet but from what I have see you are having a ball, keep up the good work. Happy New Year to you both, love Lorraine xxx |
| 1st January 2009 I guess you don't know | - From: #28 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Student and parents "sweat" the examinations) I guess you don't know what the guy in black was doing. Actually he was simulating the monkey pose(You may know the monkey king in Journey to the West). |
| 30th December 2008 Celia | - From: #109 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (2009-Happy Spring Festival and Happy Chinese Lunar New Year, The Year of the Ox !) hallo herr schneider! we miss you and enjoy your travel blogs as always. thanks for all the info and the pictures. I wanted to wish you a happy and prosperous new year. may you continue to inspire and influence those people whose lives you touch everyday. love you! |
| 29th December 2008 William Stone | Wonderful photos&interesting activities - From: #108 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Christmas Season Greetings-2008 from TTC, and the arrival of the "Year of the OX") You had a wonderful experience at a school in Xinghua. I sure that the children all like you a lot! You are always popular!:-) You had a Christmas in China again,and I hope you were happy(Although Christmas had past)! Don't feel homesick when you are alone,you have many friends who can accompany you,such as Justin and me! Your class seems so interesting that I can't wait to experience! I hope I have the chance! Happy everyday and enjoy it! Best wishes for you! William |
| 23rd December 2008 michael | hello - From: #106 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Newport News, Virgina, the Sister City of Taizhou, visits the campus of TTC) yes,you a great man |
| 20th December 2008 Good sue | holiday doldrums - From: #107 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Fall Semester-2008, Activities continue at TTC) I always enjoy your blogs. They remind me of my own year in China. I do think about returning. I do remember the doldrums around Christmas when I most missed my family and close friends. I had to think of ways to give more to raise my spirits. I gave people copies of the photos I had taken of them--people I saw in the streets all the time. I hope you have happy holidays. Susan |
| 20th December 2008 Sue | You've done it again! - From: #107 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Fall Semester-2008, Activities continue at TTC) Hi Hans, yet another wonderful blog that brings so many cherished memories of my time at TTC flooding back! As usual you have pipped me at the post. I've been working on my next blog but it still needs a lot of work. You have now motivated me to finish it this weekend before Xmas! P.S. Sorry to hear about your laptop, that's such a frustrating thing to happen at any time, but especially at this time of year. Hugs to all at TTC. Xmas emails coming soon too! Suexxx |
| 19th December 2008 Bobo | Hello! Hans! - From: #107 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Fall Semester-2008, Activities continue at TTC) I haven't seen our photos in U blog! Why? But It's very nice! |
| 18th December 2008 Pennie Pinson Buckelew | Merry Christmas - From: #107 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Fall Semester-2008, Activities continue at TTC) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! So glad you are enjoying your life in China - the pictures are wonderful. Pennie |
| 18th December 2008 Sandra Cordoba | - From: #107 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Fall Semester-2008, Activities continue at TTC) Lieber Hans, Ich vermisse dich! Deine, Sandra |
| 18th December 2008 Zoe | Happy Every Single Day! - From: #107 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Fall Semester-2008, Activities continue at TTC) Happy Every Single Day! |
| 18th December 2008 Katherine | scenes from school - From: #107 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Fall Semester-2008, Activities continue at TTC) I always enjoy seeing the faces of your students - so hopeful and hard-working. I sent an email recently- hope you received it(regarding a Christmas gift I want to make for you). I know you are so busy but these scenes of Taizhou are always so enjoyable! A Taoist temple in the heart of Taizhou - who knew? |
| 11th December 2008 meng | hi - From: #92 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Chinese Weddings in Taizhou) also me ~~ |
| 7th December 2008 June | - From: #92 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Chinese Weddings in Taizhou) Hi, Mr Schneider, I had a good laugh while reading this entry. How real! Aber, "andere Länder, andere Sitte", nicht wahr? |
| 1st December 2008 kitejasion | Hi! ,I came in - From: #106 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Newport News, Virgina, the Sister City of Taizhou, visits the campus of TTC) I hve resd your blog .and I know that your life is very busy . hahao()_))o... You should keep fit with exercise daily . A NEW LUCK WEEK! |
| 28th November 2008 Hans Burri and Cyril Meier | Schneider wie geht es dir? - From: #106 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Newport News, Virgina, the Sister City of Taizhou, visits the campus of TTC) Hallo, Hier ist Hans und Cyril und wir schreiben zusammen von Chicago. Heute war thanksgiving und wir haben ein grosses abendessen genossen mit meine schwester Corinne. ----switching to english---- hehe We were talking about the past and had wondered what and where you had disappeared to. It's great to see your blog and that you seem to be very happy in the Far East. It would be great to here from you and catch up a little on all the years past since Gables in 2003. Greetings from Obama country, Hans and Cyril |
| 24th November 2008 Sandra Cordoba | - From: #106 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Newport News, Virgina, the Sister City of Taizhou, visits the campus of TTC) I cried too! I was one of the lucky several hundreds in Grant Park the night of the elections! It was incredible! Miss you terribly...You should visit Chicago, Hans :] Deine, Sandra |
| 24th November 2008 Sue | Hi from the US of A! - From: #106 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Newport News, Virgina, the Sister City of Taizhou, visits the campus of TTC) Hi Hans Another great blog and am pleased that the new Japanese teachers are involving themselves in college ctivities. I wish I could be with you to celebrate but I am now in San Diego my last port of call before returning to Oz! I have a challenge for you- learn another song!! |
| 23rd November 2008 jtayli | John Nanchang China - From: #106 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Newport News, Virgina, the Sister City of Taizhou, visits the campus of TTC) Hans, I’m intrigued by many of your photographs, as you seem always to be taking an active part in the ‘running’ and ‘administration’ of your college where you work simply as an English teacher. I assume that the meetings you show in your photographs were conducted in English, though for that to happen the level of English amongst the Chinese staff must be good. I write this; because nothing like this happens at the university I work for. I am simply given a classroom, a textbook and some students and told to get on with it. In fact, I have suggested many times that it would be a very good idea for the foreign teachers here to have a regular meeting - let alone attending any other meetings that might be helpful -, but my words always fall upon deaf ears. Sometimes, because foreign teachers work between two campuses and the accommodation is spread out, we really don’t know any of the other foreign teachers here until well into the term……………………………………………………………………………………………….......” This important week-long event has done much to ease some of the negative feelings of our students, as they still remember the days of the Japanese occupation.” Hans, how old are your students? You make an interesting comment, as I too have visited the Museum in Nanjing, which has documented the massacre, but the students I went with (they were employed as teachers) were certainly more interested in shopping than what the Japanese got up to in the 1930s. At least this provided me with the opportunity to walk around the museum while taking my time and thoroughly enjoying reading the English descriptions…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. I know nothing of American politics I admit, but I did read the comments of an African President once, who commented that his citizens should be allowed to vote in the American election, because their country was bombarded with news about the forthcoming election. This viewpoint I sympathize with. Students often ask me how I celebrate Thanksgiving, though I am British. Sadly, not a single students asks what I do on the 5th, November, though they find to time to bemoan American hegemony. |
| 23rd November 2008 Good sue | hurray for the USA - From: #106 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Newport News, Virgina, the Sister City of Taizhou, visits the campus of TTC) I am very proud to be an American now. The excitement in Atlanta, GA when Obama was elected was phenomonal. No deviseiveness (sp?). Black and white celebrating together. We have come together with hope. I like the optimism. |
| 22nd November 2008 Mike Fitts | Vielen Dank, Herr Schneider - From: #106 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Newport News, Virgina, the Sister City of Taizhou, visits the campus of TTC) Thank you for posting your insights. While I don't agree with you about the outcome of the election, it is moving to see the hunger for the opportunity to choose one's government your vote had on your students. I cannot think of a more humane act. God bless, mein Lehrer. |
| 22nd November 2008 Flora | :) - From: #106 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Newport News, Virgina, the Sister City of Taizhou, visits the campus of TTC) I was definitely a cryer on election night and so happy that I wasn't disappointed yet again. We miss you! |
| 10th November 2008 bukit | Translation problems - From: #97 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ("Tropical" Island of Hainan, China's smallest Province) a. "End of the World " ? The southern tip of Hainan Island was described by poets as " Tien Ya, Hai Jiow" , not the " End of the World ". In fact Hai Jiow means a corner of the sea. The phrase probably means " this is the end of the land and the start of the sea with the horizon far beyond ". b. " Dissenters and Critics " ? In history, Su Dong Po was a poet, never a dissenter or a critic. During those days, there were no lawyers to defend you. Dissenters will lose their lives and critics will get punished. There were no records, in fact, to show Su Dong Po did anything to get himself into the black book of the Emperor. Probably he offended the Emperor after having too much of the alcohols and got himself banished because the Emperor did not want to see him anymore. |
| 25th October 2008 june | - From: #96 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (My city in China: THIS IS TAIZHOU, the City of the Pheonix, Part 1) correct a word I´ve wrongly spellt: riksha------rickshaw |
| 25th October 2008 june | - From: #96 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (My city in China: THIS IS TAIZHOU, the City of the Pheonix, Part 1) Dear Hans, I wonder if you´ve ever tried a ride on a man-powered riksha in China? In Taizhou, that´s one of the major transport means, particularly for people who want to save money or can´t afford a taxi. Showing some photos of those vehicles and their drivers (pedallers) may be interesting? (sorry, riksha photos might have been shown in this blog, as I'm unable to open photos beyond this page due to failure of my computer). And what about people who are still using those old public wells for washing-up? And those narrow old lanes (Gasse) hiding behind the brick houses, which are to be demolished soon? |
| 25th October 2008 june | recall the cold - From: #97 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ("Tropical" Island of Hainan, China's smallest Province) Hi, Hans, I was out of breath as I read through the story about your sufferings. You are brave and frank to share a common embarresment which everyone would have experienced in life. That is only natural and normal, but, when I told the others about my own simílar story, they just burst out laugh! The beginning of 2008 in southern China was unusually cold and dismal. I was shivering in the flat while standing on the floor of paved marble feeling the chill came from beneath the foot. That was early Feb this year and finding warmer sandles in the city Shenzhen was just un easy. However, the weather turned suddenly dry-hot after 3 weeks and the metropolis was shrouded in heavy mist under the blazing sun and I suffered from a sever chest infection. The holiday resort Longmen Iron-spring was a nice place to go. It´s not far from Shenzhen and the price was reasonable. Lying in the hot spring under those banana trees was quite a kind of "Geniessen". |
| 23rd October 2008 pigletruth | wonderfully informative and rich blog - From: #105 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ("Superior" Evaluations for TTC by the Education Department of Jiangsu) Your blog is a pleasure to read,both to the mind and the eye |
