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M and Mx Radio: Chinese Traffic Jam
Shownotes and links:
Clip from Katy Couric and CBS News
Guardian Article from Jonathan Watts
Christian Science Monitor article about the traffic jam
From the China Blogs:
I love China Blog
Shanghai Expo Building In A Day: Time Lapse Video
Ever since the Shanghai Expo has been open we’ve been using Mondays to post comics about the Expo. Today not only do we have a comic but a really cool video about buildings that are being built in Shanghai and some for the expo. Watch the video and read the blurb.
Timelapse Construction Video of 2010 Shanghai World Expo Broad Pavilion from Broad on Vimeo.
I found this over at Shanghaiist.
It’s main attribute is that it was built in less than a day – 14 hours to be exact. It uses prefabricated parts and features energy efficient modules and 20% of the materials used by other pavilions of a comparable size. It also managed to minimize site waste (20 to 30% of urban refuse in modern cities, apparently), trimming the overall amount of waste on site to just 1%. Best of all, these prefab parts can be taken apart after the Expo for use somewhere else.
Considering the amount of construction going on in China’s cities, and its growing need for almost instantaneous buildings, the Broad Pavilion represents a way to keep up with China’s pace with less of the waste. The only problem is (the lack of encouragement for conservation and renovation, notwithstanding)… do they have to be so ugly?
Ugly? I guess that’s what the sacrifice is. Speed or ugly. The video is pretty cool. Especially the earthquake testing of the building. Thanks Shanghaiist for sharing the video and article!
***UPDATE*** Our First Book is coming out! And we have a name!!!
***LAST UPDATE***
We’re pretty happy with the responses to our first book. We’re finalizing a few things. It’s pretty crazy around here when a book is about to be published. When we finalize the name we’ll tell you. I have to make sure that ISBN knows the name! If you HAVEN’T voted yet… DO IT NOW!
**Another UPDATE**
We’re excited about the possible title of our book. I think the voting really helped us figure out all these things. BUT THINGS COULD STILL CHANGE! So if you haven’t voted… VOTE! We’re finalizing our STORE issues and we’ll unveil the book soon! YAHOO!
**UPDATE**
We’re really happy that we’ve had so many responses! THANKS! Just a couple more weeks to vote for which title YOU like best for our book! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
We’re up to 350 comics last week!
WOW! So we’re about to come out with our first M and Mx book. We’re pretty excited here. But we’re also a bit confused and frustrated. WE CAN’T THINK OF A TITLE! With a comic like ours, Chinese/English and all things about China and the WEST… what can the title be?? We have a couple options below and if you take a few seconds to choose which title you like and that will help us make a decision!
Explanation:
Our ideas are as follows. The Chinese language has many words that when translated into English are not translated literally. And when you translate those common words from Chinese into English they sound very funny. Example: “American Football” (橄榄球) in Chinese is literally translated as “olive ball.” These are very humorous to me, not so much MX since she doesn’t think of “OLIVE BALL” she thinks of it as “American football.”
So I thought that a couple of these kinds of words combined together would make a catchy and memorable title. Here are the choices that you can choose. Please choose one that you like best for the title of our book!
Which title should we choose for our first M and Mx book?
- Electric Voices and Stinky Doufu (电话 臭豆腐) literal translation: Telephones and Stinky Tofu (32%, 8 Votes)
- Western Melons and River Horses （西瓜 河马） literal translation: Watermelons and Hippos (28%, 7 Votes)
- Olive ball and Long Neck Deer (橄榄球 长颈鹿) literal translation: American Football and Giraffe (16%, 4 Votes)
- Vegetable Birds and Pocket Mice (菜鸟 袋鼠)literal translation: Rookies and Kangaroos (12%, 3 Votes)
- Violent Water and Electric Brain (瀑布 电脑) literal translation: Water Fall and Computers (12%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 25
Loading ...If you can think of others Please write it in the comments below!
MandMx Radio: Disposable Chopsticks and 8 alternatives
VIDEO: Amazingly Inspiring Chinese guy plays the piano with his Toes!
MX saw this video the other day on Kaixinwang and then I found it on Youtube the other day. The YouTube video’s sound is off so it’ kind of annoying to watch but still it’s an amazingly inspiring story. Watch and be inspired. Proving again that Chinese can do some of the most amazing things!
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Youku:
Have you seen something as inspiring? Or have you seen something more inspiring?
M and Mx Radio: Tribute to Robert Van Gulik and Chinese Nail Murders reading!
Tribute to Robert Van Gulik and his books about Judge Dee.
Reading from Chinese Nail Murders by Robert Van Gulik
Shownotes and Links:
Wikipedia link to Robert Van Gulik
Wikipedia link to Judge Dee
OUR NEW BOOK LINK to the post! Please VOTE!
Link to Amazon where you can buy the Chinese Nail Murders
