Comments on: Sunday Ramblings: Beijing 2008 Olympic Edition http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/10/543/ A Qing historian reads the newspaper... Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:31:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, Hong Kong http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/10/543/comment-page-1/#comment-3458 Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, Hong Kong Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:48:44 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=543#comment-3458 Arguably, all the good stuff is in the excellent National Palace Museum in Taipei. And for that, China can only blame itself. Thank god someone's kept everything safe and sound. Many of those artifacts would have been destroyed in the Revolution. And where would the world be without that jade cabbage? Arguably, all the good stuff is in the excellent National Palace Museum in Taipei. And for that, China can only blame itself. Thank god someone’s kept everything safe and sound. Many of those artifacts would have been destroyed in the Revolution.
And where would the world be without that jade cabbage?

]]> By: DavidofSanGabriel http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/10/543/comment-page-1/#comment-3451 DavidofSanGabriel Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:03:27 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=543#comment-3451 @Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, HK, "Why does everybody hate England?" They do? I thought everybody hated us Americans. People need to be careful, or they may find themselves suffering from "hatred fatigue." As top why the Chinese may hate England, when I visited Dunhuang I saw a fairly tiny museum there with a rather pathetic collection of artifacts scrounged from the Mogao Caves, such as a rusty oil lamp. Of course, all the good stuff is in England and France. Oh yeah, and as Jeremiah said, the Opium Wars... @Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, HK,

“Why does everybody hate England?”

They do? I thought everybody hated us Americans. People need to be careful, or they may find themselves suffering from “hatred fatigue.”

As top why the Chinese may hate England, when I visited Dunhuang I saw a fairly tiny museum there with a rather pathetic collection of artifacts scrounged from the Mogao Caves, such as a rusty oil lamp. Of course, all the good stuff is in England and France.

Oh yeah, and as Jeremiah said, the Opium Wars…

]]> By: Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, Hong Kong http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/10/543/comment-page-1/#comment-3439 Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, Hong Kong Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:33:17 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=543#comment-3439 Why, I'm having tea and milk right now. Very old Hong Kong. My colleagues call me "toastie," for the amount of tea and toast I have, with marmalade. No sugar in tea, though. That would be crazy. Why, I’m having tea and milk right now. Very old Hong Kong. My colleagues call me “toastie,” for the amount of tea and toast I have, with marmalade.
No sugar in tea, though. That would be crazy.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/10/543/comment-page-1/#comment-3438 Jeremiah Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:15:44 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=543#comment-3438 I was going to say "Opium War" and "long memories" but I think Wu Ming might be on to something as well. I was going to say “Opium War” and “long memories” but I think Wu Ming might be on to something as well.

]]> By: wu ming http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/10/543/comment-page-1/#comment-3430 wu ming Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:59:01 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=543#comment-3430 it's because they ruin their tea by putting milk in it, it’s because they ruin their tea by putting milk in it,

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