Jottings from the Granite Studio

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Morning Tea: Fireworks in Tianjin, Call me "Shanghai," New perspectives on Starbucks in the palace, and Chinglish creep

February 11th, 2007 · No Comments

I just returned from Beijing and found Tianjin in full prep mode for Spring festival. Firecrackers, fireworks, and other improvised explosive devices are more or less legal here and the celebratory booms have already begun. YJ’s father went out over the weekend and purchased enough firepower to occupy a small island nation so I’m guessing [...]

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