吵架
介绍：
如果某一个人告诉你，他从来没有吵过架，他一定在欺骗你。所有的人都会有争执，即使是微小愚蠢的争吵。几乎每一个人每天都会有不同意别人的看法或者做法，但是这种小争执是否被人扩大化取决于人怎么处理问题。说实话我们人类天生爱吵架。我们的经历、学历、家庭背景、生活、能力、和看法都是不一样的。我们通过辩论，吵架将事情看得更清楚现实。
Centre's Student-Powered Chinese Culture Blog
Beijing Simmering -- Centreterm 2012
Wangfujing
They call it Beijing's Time Square. It's a high end shopping district with centuries' old history, But the comparison is a bitter unfair. The lights aren't as bright or the crowds quite as lively. But Beijing has got something on the Big Apple: nasty snacks!
Wanfujing has a couple of side alleys where the traditional and the downright weird are served up to hungry and adventurous shoppers. The streets are crawling with people nibbling starfish nubs, choking down rancid, stinky tofu, and slurping squid tentacles like vermicelli. We had just haggled the daylights out of a couple of panda bear hats and were feeling a bit light-headed, so we decided to recharge with some live-fried scorpion skewers. It wouldn't be so bad if the legs and stingers didn't hook onto your lips and tongue! Ask Patty...
Shaolin Kungfu
It was a typical early morning for the group--typical 8am, not 6am (that was the day before). We stopped by the local corner grocery store to pick up some drinks and snacks and then headed south on Chenxiu boulevard towards Ritan Park. We passed the main soccer and concert venue in town, the famed Worker's Stadium, and a string of karaoke bars and clubs we've been known to frequent. Finally around 9am, we reached the north gate of the park.
I looked around for a tall muscular man, as I assumed our master kungfu instructor would be. The students huddled behind me like a pack of penguins braving the cold. A small figure in a crisp winter coat came into view just within the gate. He smiled big and motioned to me. Master Zhao was barely over 5 feet, but from his quick step and smooth gait it was clear he was an athlete of uncommon ability. We chatted for a bit as he led the group to a piece of pavement deep in the heart of the park, next to some makeshift badminton courts. We stripped a couple of layers and then fell into line. For the next hour, he worked us hard: a strenuous warm-up, basic hand-traps, and a lengthy, choreographed shadow fight. When it was all over, we were smiling while our legs buckled from a prolonged horse stance. We hugged, took some pictures, and hobbled back north to recharge with a traditional Beijing lunch.
Great Wall
The Great Wall as it stands today was built mostly during the Ming and Qing dynasties as a way of keeping the bothersome northern barbarians, Manchu, and Mongols out. After hiking a good stretch of it for a day, we understand why those people were trying to break through to the south: it's DANG! cold up there!
The wall is deceptively difficult for a hike. It's a hike, not a walk. It winds up and down the peaks and nadirs of mountain valleys creating slopes that often forced us to our knees. Creeping down on your bum is sometimes preferable to staring down a staircase that seems to recede into itself. It was a challenge for everyone, and after a few miles of huffing and puffing, and braving bitter Siberian winds, we carved our name into the stone, did a little jig, and got out of there!
They call it Beijing's Time Square. It's a high end shopping district with centuries' old history, But the comparison is a bitter unfair. The lights aren't as bright or the crowds quite as lively. But Beijing has got something on the Big Apple: nasty snacks!
Wanfujing has a couple of side alleys where the traditional and the downright weird are served up to hungry and adventurous shoppers. The streets are crawling with people nibbling starfish nubs, choking down rancid, stinky tofu, and slurping squid tentacles like vermicelli. We had just haggled the daylights out of a couple of panda bear hats and were feeling a bit light-headed, so we decided to recharge with some live-fried scorpion skewers. It wouldn't be so bad if the legs and stingers didn't hook onto your lips and tongue! Ask Patty...
Shaolin Kungfu
It was a typical early morning for the group--typical 8am, not 6am (that was the day before). We stopped by the local corner grocery store to pick up some drinks and snacks and then headed south on Chenxiu boulevard towards Ritan Park. We passed the main soccer and concert venue in town, the famed Worker's Stadium, and a string of karaoke bars and clubs we've been known to frequent. Finally around 9am, we reached the north gate of the park.
I looked around for a tall muscular man, as I assumed our master kungfu instructor would be. The students huddled behind me like a pack of penguins braving the cold. A small figure in a crisp winter coat came into view just within the gate. He smiled big and motioned to me. Master Zhao was barely over 5 feet, but from his quick step and smooth gait it was clear he was an athlete of uncommon ability. We chatted for a bit as he led the group to a piece of pavement deep in the heart of the park, next to some makeshift badminton courts. We stripped a couple of layers and then fell into line. For the next hour, he worked us hard: a strenuous warm-up, basic hand-traps, and a lengthy, choreographed shadow fight. When it was all over, we were smiling while our legs buckled from a prolonged horse stance. We hugged, took some pictures, and hobbled back north to recharge with a traditional Beijing lunch.
Great Wall
The Great Wall as it stands today was built mostly during the Ming and Qing dynasties as a way of keeping the bothersome northern barbarians, Manchu, and Mongols out. After hiking a good stretch of it for a day, we understand why those people were trying to break through to the south: it's DANG! cold up there!
The wall is deceptively difficult for a hike. It's a hike, not a walk. It winds up and down the peaks and nadirs of mountain valleys creating slopes that often forced us to our knees. Creeping down on your bum is sometimes preferable to staring down a staircase that seems to recede into itself. It was a challenge for everyone, and after a few miles of huffing and puffing, and braving bitter Siberian winds, we carved our name into the stone, did a little jig, and got out of there!
Opinion (Jim Randsell)
Green Lights for Red China
Following the 1973 decision by OAPEC to enact an oil embargo on the United States and the subsequent energy crisis, reliance on foreign oil supplies transformed into a significant national security issue. Investment in renewable energy sources was thus transformed from the pie-in-the-sky pipe dreams of tree-huggers everywhere, to a politically respectable scientific endeavor compatible with nationalistic ideals. Similarly, official discourse within the People’s Republic of China names the desire for ‘energy security’ among their reasons for pursuing such ambitious renewable-energy-related goals. In their 12th five year plan (2011-2015), China has announced that, it aims to generate 11.4% of its energy from non-fossil fuel sources, cut carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 17%, and will expend 2.2% of their GDP on Research and Development across all sectors (Xinhua). With a GDP growth rate of 10.3% in 2010, China topped 6 trillion US dollars (Asia News), making their commitment to R & D no small pledge. But, is this politically-trendy stance just window dressing for foreign audiences, and if China is financially committed to developing and producing clean energy, do they have the political framework in place to ensure that the development of clean energy itself will not hurt the environment?Special Features
James Fallows on China, America, and the Future
James Fallows, former speechwriter for US President Jimmy Carter, former editor of the U.S. News & World Report and writer for The Atlantic for the past 25 years visited Centre College this month. He spoke about the problems facing China, the issues that the bilateral Sino-American relationship needs to focus on and why that relationship is so important to Americans in our generation and what our country should do to take advantage of that. He started his talk by describing several pictures from the many years he lived in China and from the travelling he did while he was there. The scenes ranged from downtown Shanghai to Shenzhen’s Apple factories where the iconic MacBook’s and iPhones are produced. As each picture passed, he shared insights into what was going on as he took the photo, and what the photograph showed about Chinese culture, industry, or day-to-day life.
James Fallows, former speechwriter for US President Jimmy Carter, former editor of the U.S. News & World Report and writer for The Atlantic for the past 25 years visited Centre College this month. He spoke about the problems facing China, the issues that the bilateral Sino-American relationship needs to focus on and why that relationship is so important to Americans in our generation and what our country should do to take advantage of that. He started his talk by describing several pictures from the many years he lived in China and from the travelling he did while he was there. The scenes ranged from downtown Shanghai to Shenzhen’s Apple factories where the iconic MacBook’s and iPhones are produced. As each picture passed, he shared insights into what was going on as he took the photo, and what the photograph showed about Chinese culture, industry, or day-to-day life.
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