Hindustan Times
On February 24, the Communist Party-run newspaper China Daily had a startling headline: Government wants a better view of naked officials to help prevent corruption’. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Filed under Rest of Asia · Tagged Australia, Canada, China Daily, commerce ministry, Communist Party, corruption, Guangdong province, Hu Jintao, linguists, Shenzhen government, Supreme People
The cafe stereo was playing Kiss from a Rose, a song I don’t remember tuning to since the college parties in Pune — my hometown near Mumbai that is in the news for a terror attack at the expat-favourite German Bakery. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.2 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Filed under China · Tagged baguette, Beijing, biscuits, Chinese restauran, cookie, cream rolls, expat-favourite, German Bakery, Hannah, Kiss from a Rose, Livewell cafe, New York’s Central Park, Pune, Wang Hanyu
As I tried to shut out the boom of fireworks that sounded like machine gunfire, cannons and bombs, a Chinese acquaintance sent a text wishing happy new year and signed off Hare Krishna! An Indian sent the same greeting, in Chinese — xin nian kuai le. Read more
(9 votes, average: 4.44 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Filed under China · Tagged bombs, bridges, cannons, Chinese New Year, churches, Hare Krishna, machine gunfire, parks, superstitious, year of widow
Snowflakes were sprinkling Beijing as guests walked in for an India Evening in an Indian restaurant on Saturday. As the Indians entered customarily late, they immediately made for the round tables at one side of the small room while the Chinese who had arrived customarily on time sat on the other side. Read more
(12 votes, average: 4.58 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, Indian expats, kung pao chicken, snow, Xinjiang girls
