Month: March 2013

• Sanmao Learns from Lei Feng

  Happy Learn from Lei Feng Day! Learn from Lei Feng Day (学雷锋日) is one of the more curious remnants of the Mao era, and not one that many people in China seem to take seriously today, though in recent years the government has tried to revive it. It’s supposed to be a day of service,…

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  March 5, 2013

  China

  Sanmao, Zhang Leping

• February Recap

  Not a whole lot to recap for this short month, which was interrupted by the Chinese New Year break. Though we officially had a vacation of seven days, a lot of people were away from Shanghai for the full fifteen-day Spring Festival, or even longer. The owners of my favorite dumpling shop around the corner…

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  March 1, 2013

  China, Knitting, Movies, Shanghai, Television, Travel