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The Chinese Millennials—How a Generation Views Its Country

Thursday the 15th of December 2011 — Written by Anastasia Taber

I am writing this post before I travel during the National Holiday. For those of you who don’t know what that is, the National Holiday is an annual government-sanctioned holiday that occurs every October. Usually the holiday lasts seven days, but the dates aren’t ever clear until about a month before, and this year the government surprised everyone by giving nine days off, not seven. The number of days off supposedly corresponds with how well…

Chinese Millennials Reaction to Steve Jobs’ Death

Monday the 17th of October 2011 — Written by Anastasia Taber

I wrote in my journal one day, “Today is one of those days where I say, ‘Wow, all that really happened?’” That was the day I visited Dandong, a city on the border of North Korea and China. I was travelling with my Chinese roommate and her friends during the National Holiday period—basically a weeklong holiday that occurs every October and is meant to encourage Chinese people to travel and pump some spending money into…

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This is China

Monday the 3rd of October 2011 — Written by Anastasia Taber

A man walks up to you and your friends, says “Hello,” looks away from you, but still stands right next to you. You quickly look around for his friend’s camera taking an opportunistic shot, but you can’t find it. The guy is standing next to you just for the hell of it. “This is weird,” your friend says. “No,” you reply. “This is China.” So many moments occur on a daily basis here that are…

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