China
How to Twitter to a local number with your mobile in China
Setup a zuosa account (Chinese twitter clone)
Verify your mobile number
Sync zuosa with Twitter. Done!
When I started to use Twitter in 2007, there was an option to tweet with text messages (SMS) It makes sense because a SMS is also short and it's more interesting to see tweets on...
Shanghai Concert Hall
Posted under China on Sunday, 28 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Attended a tribute to Beethoven in the shanghai concert hall with Pawel yesterday. I was there for two reasons: to hear the music and to see the concert hall from the inside. The western style building looks amazing from the outside.
The music was good, and I was surprised with the mixed...
[Video] Chinese new year, streets of Shanghai
Posted under China on Sunday, 14 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Chinese New Year's, something to look forward to, but also something to fear. As Chinese New Year's is the biggest holiday of the year in China, it's hard for a foreigner to get into the same spirit. After all, christmas and New Years are far behind us already. It's kind of fun to spectate the...
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Expensive cars rotting away in a Shanghai Police depot
Posted under China on Thursday, 11 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
These cars are obviously being put to good use. Close to Xinzha road Shanghai, there is a police depot filled with (confiscated?) cars. Whilst the particular car in the picture doesn't fit my taste, it should be quite an expensive car, but it has been there for months (obviously) and is covered by...
Illegal Chinese medicine
When I was walking to work this morning, I spotted some items being sold on street by a merchant. When I had a look, I noticed they were Chinese medicine. I'm not afraid to take legal Chinese medicine, perhaps to cure a sport injury or fight an upcoming fever, but these items are quite something...
Weekly groceries at a Chinese market place
Posted under China on Sunday, 7 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
We visit a local market weekly, based efficiently underneath a highway. You can buy everything here, from kitchen equipment to fish. We usually buy our vegetables (biological!) and eggs here. This week I decided to take some pictures. You can find these markets everywhere across China. This...
Spilgames New Year party
The crew of Spilgames is growing fast, this party, we had eight round tables full with people. The dinner was accompanied with speeches from management and our Sales assistant and Sound architect being masters of ceremony. There were lot's of fun games during the dinner, for instance, I had to...
wk 5: Clear days in Shanghai & Chinese new year
Posted under China on Tuesday, 2 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Clear days in Shanghai
looks like it's going to be a nice clear day today. This view makes me long to the city and always get's me out of bed. Shanghai experienced some smoggy days lately, reason for me to put the data from the last 10 years in a graph. Somehow, the last two days seem clearer then...
Shanghai fog levels going down?
My Swedish friends like to do business in China, but often state to me that they would never want to live in such a dirty city like Shanghai. They remind me that Stockholm is so clean, they can fish for salmon in the rivers going through town! This is not possible in Shanghai obviously, the water...
Buying a christmas tree in Shanghai (howto)
To get into the holiday spirit, we've ordered a tree from rosagallica.com. A tip from Marc.
Whilst the trees are mentioned to cost about 200 RMB, a lady called Camille followed up on my order and notified me that they exclude the costs made for delivery. I've agreed on a price of 400 RMB, which...
Halloween 2009
Posted under China on Sunday, 1 November 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
Americans celebrate Halloween. I don't understand what it is about, or what one is supposed to do. Being an outsider, I was surprised to learn that the spooky American tradition is known and celebrated throughout the International community in Shanghai as well.
It's bit different...
Taobao.com to launch Wireless SMS Price Comparison Service
Posted under China on Wednesday, 28 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
Taobao, the internet shopping portal for B2B e-commerce group Alibaba has announced that they will launch a short message-based price comparison service.
The new service will allow mobile phone users to inquire about products available on Taobao, when they are shopping in traditional stores. By...
Long Shanghai summers, Ultracapacitors and picnics
Posted under China on Wednesday, 28 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
A few things that come to mind regarding pollution, climate and China: I've received an email telling that Chinese smog is threatening economy and health in Hong Kong, which is a terrible thing. After living in clean, clean Sweden, I do notice the effects that smog can have. At the time of writing,...
Boat trip, Leifeng Pagoda and Yakitori in Hangzhou, China
This weekend we made a small trip of 180km out of Shanghai to see the West lake in Hangzhou China, with 6.5 million people not a small town, but due to the beautiful scenery of the lake and the hillside, it's a favorite destination for many Shanghainese. For me, it was a trip down memory lane,...
Gathered influential writers to bring you Asian tech news
Posted under China, Entrepreneurship, Japan, Korea, Media / In The News on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
I'd like to tell you about a new blog we have launched yesterday. First, let me tell you why we went through all the effort: Personally, I have kept a close eye on developments in countries like South-Korea, Taiwan and Japan over the last years, but have start to observe that India, Bangladesh,...
Here comes China
Interesting discussion on the latest NPR planet money episode. "Here comes China"; In line with the 60th anniversary of the people's republic. The hosts, Alex Bloomberg and Adam Davidson ask their guests if China still needs the US more then the US needs China. After all, China needs US dollars to...
Tribute to the potato
When people enquire about typical Dutch cuisine, the first thing that pops to my mind is the "potato eaters" painting by Vincent Van Gogh. To me, this 'cozy setting' visualizes how Dutch peasants have been eating potato's every day for at least 400 years, in a typical Dutch way. Besides the...
How Chinese men searching for “village of hot lesbians” broke the Internet in Sweden
Posted under China on Friday, 9 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
It all started when a news agency Xinhua reported (made up) the existence of a city in the northern Swedish woods with 25,000 inhabitants, all hot women living together to satisfy their Scandinavian sexual desires. The city, called Chako Paul was founded in 1820 by a rich widow and is guarded by...
20 cent gym part 2: bench press
Remember the 20 cent gym I blogged about? It was about the Chinese ‘muscle beach’:, a bunch of people assembling in a Shanghai park to work out every day. Frankly, the Chinese men pulling heavy weights while looking angry can be quite impressive (but why do they take their shirts off?), I...
PRC’s 60th anniversary, funniest remarks of the day
Posted under China on Thursday, 1 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
Today, almost all Chinese have a day off to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Just like most Shanghainese, we stayed indoor to watch the parade on tv.
NY Times called the parade "a precision display of military bravado and a confident prediction by President Hu...
Gamers in Qiandaohu – Spilgames outing at 1000 islands
Posted under China on Thursday, 1 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
Last week, the entire Spilgames Asia team assembled on a Thursday morning 7 AM in front of our office. The Chinese, Polish, American, Korean and Dutch colleagues got up early for good reason; Spilgames organized a company outing to Qiandaohu - favorite holiday destination for many Shanghainese -...
Some parents really step up role in children’s dating game
Posted under China on Thursday, 17 September 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
While walking around Shanghai last weekend, we came across the most particular scene at the People's Park. Hundreds of elders had gathered and were having a market like situation where a few were adverting something and others were inquiring.
We found out that they had eagerly gathered to...
Shanghai Marathon 2009
With the whole Seoul Hangang Marathon experience still fresh in mind, I decided to subscribe for half a marathon in Shanghai. This particular run is quite a bigger event, taking place in the heart of the city.
Isn't Shanghai a terrible dirty city to run the marathon? While some might expect...
The 20 cent workout in Shanghai
A 40 year old Chinese man drives his motor bike with carrier filled with barbells, dumbbells and a radio to the park outside my Shanghai compound every evening. Upon arrival, he marks an area of roughly 40 square meters and unloads the heavy weights. Shortly after, the place is packed with...
Pictures from around Shanghai
Posted under China on Monday, 14 September 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
Old meets new
Taken at the Jingan temple "Temple of Peace and Tranquility" this afternoon.
Wiki: "The first temple was built in 247 AD, at the time of the Kingdom of Wu, during the Three Kingdoms period. Originally located beside Suzhou Creek, it was relocated to its current site in 1216...
One of the things that make living in Shanghai so great
Posted under China on Thursday, 3 September 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
One of the nice things of living in China is to witness the feel-good energy that (most) people receive from the tremendous growth the country is going through. Development can be turbulent, but I am receiving a lot of smiles on the street as well. I was talking with a 60 year old Chinese woman in...
Good morning China (video: Fireworks in the morning)
I have experienced some Chinese culture, one of the things that made me interested in the country were the fireworks. In The Netherlands, we can only light fireworks for a number of hours per year, during new years eve. From the age of six, I used to spend every new years eve with my Chinese...
Want some mayonnaise with that King Cobra?
I have seen some interesting food in Asia over the years. Most interesting dishes were definitely in China. I don't want to bother you with the cliché backpack-like stories that hit the blogosphere daily, because eating culture is indeed different here, nothing new, I know.
Instead I want to...
Chinese do not pay attention to red traffic lights anyway
I decided to buy a simple (20 euro) bike at the Carrefour last week, as there are many more bikes and bike roads in Shanghai then in Seoul. Finally I feel free in the city!
Is it dangerous to cycle through Shanghai? My first response would be that it's certainly not easy to cycle here. First off...
Empty eight lane roads in Zibo
This week I was in Zibo (map), a 1.5 hours bus drive from the nearest airport of Jinan. There are about 4 million people living here. The city is known for material arts and it's rich resources. Due to the resources, the city is characterized by smog, due to coal mining and farmers. To...
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