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Chinese Architecture, Old and New

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As a side note, I love the slideshow UI. The keyboard navigation (j/k or left/right) brings each picture flush against the top of the screen. I hate when I need to manually scroll down to bring the picture into full view and hide the navigation boilerplate, especially when a site uses full page refreshes instead of ajax. Unlike more interactive slideshows, this page still works normally without javascript or if the user just prefers scrolling.

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I've been living in China for the past 4 months and plan on staying until May. It really is two different worlds. Having traveled through the more modern cities (Shanghai and Beijing for example) and contrasting those to Hangzhou that I'm currently in, it truly is marvelous to see the progress and more importantly the WHY to all this. The Chinese culture and gives one a fresh outlook on life. I would recommend anyone and everyone to take a trip here, it is really inexpensive and very much worth it.

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Post by vsloo »

So many contradictions. So many sorrows. So much progress. So many regrets. So much ignorance. So many hopes. So many disappointments. So much glamour. So much denial. So many inconsistencies. So China...

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espitia wrote: post #3

I've been living in China for the past 4 months and plan on staying until May. It really is two different worlds. Having traveled through the more modern cities (Shanghai and Beijing for example) and contrasting those to Hangzhou that I'm currently in, it truly is marvelous to see the progress and more importantly the WHY to all this. The Chinese culture and gives one a fresh outlook on life. I would recommend anyone…

Is it necessary to speak the language to get by for a couple weeks?

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firefoxman1 wrote: post #5
espitia wrote: post #3

I've been living in China for the past 4 months and plan on staying until May. It really is two different worlds. Having traveled through the more modern cities (Shanghai and Beijing for example) and contrasting those to Hangzhou that I'm currently in, it truly is marvelous to see the progress and more importantly the WHY to all this. The Chinese culture and gives one a fresh outlook on life. I would recommend anyone…

Is it necessary to speak the language to get by for a couple weeks?

It really depends where you go. If you're in the big cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hefei, etc.), you'll be fine without Chinese. If you go into more rural areas, Chinese would certainly help, but you'll certainly still be able to buy food, live in hotels, and ask for directions (look for the younger crowd; they've had mandatory English classes).

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

dvdhsu wrote: post #7
firefoxman1 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it necessary to speak the language to get by for a couple weeks?

It really depends where you go. If you're in the big cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hefei, etc.), you'll be fine without Chinese. If you go into more rural areas, Chinese would certainly help, but you'll certainly still be able to buy food, live in hotels, and ask for directions (look for the younger crowd; they've had mandatory English classes).

You need some Chinese to get around in Beijing. Shanghai is much better, however. First time I've heard of Hefei referred to as a tier 1 city!

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seanmcdirmid wrote: post #8
dvdhsu wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really depends where you go. If you're in the big cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hefei, etc.), you'll be fine without Chinese. If you go into more rural areas, Chinese would certainly help, but you'll certainly still be able to buy food, live in hotels, and ask for directions (look for the younger crowd; they've had mandatory English classes).

You need some Chinese to get around in Beijing. Shanghai is much better, however. First time I've heard of Hefei referred to as a tier 1 city!

Thanks for the info, both of you. Much appreciated!
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