China Travel 2.0

Shanghai City is a major Chinese port today and has been so in the past as well. However the stature it holds now is not what it has experienced in the past. It has grown by leaps and bounds and is the commercial hub of the country and is a major port city. The city [...]

It is not that difficult to find organic foods in Beijing for long-term consumers; there are plenty of organic farms and shops around the city. Some of these are nationally or internationally operated. One such nationally operated place: The natural taste organic farm（真味农园） All our vegetables are hand picked and checked for quality. The vegetables, [...]

自从2009年参与“乐活”活动接触健康食品、有机食品至今，也接触了很多农庄和菜地，也参与了CSA采购小米的活动，多年食用健康食品，保障了家人健康。很高兴，今天给你推荐一块让人放心的菜地——真味农园。 真味农园蔬菜的三大特点： 1，源于有机，高于有机：有机种植就是在耕种过程中不使用农药，不使用化肥，使用复合肥结合土地的自然活力，让作物自然成熟的一种种植方法。而真味农园复合肥也不使用，而是利用制作芝麻酱的渣滓和中药的药渣当做肥料。工艺独特，当然更健康。 2，没有商业，放心安全：真味农园的几个创始人返璞归真，追求田园生活，崇尚传统文化，在租地、种植、配送的过程中不用商业方式，不以追求利润为目的，还食物真味，做的是真品牌，真心为健康，食用更安全。 3，真心做事，真味自然：与真味农园的人接触多次，如今已经成为朋友，他们深厚的国学功底，纯朴的处事方式，低调的做事风格，无处不让我体会到他们在用心做事，我很高兴向朋友们推荐他家的菜地和健康的蔬菜。  真味农园考虑季节变换，地区差异，为让大家吃上应季蔬菜，除了北京的梨羊菜地之外，还在湖南张家界附近的山区租用了几块菜地，采用同样标准，蔬菜每周空运到北京，第二天送菜到你家。 今天听说山东的白菜添加了甲醛，更加坚定了吃放心菜健康菜的决心。 你可以从下面的菜品种选择你喜欢的蔬菜。 选购菜品： 生菜，小白菜 上海青（小油菜），穿心莲，香菜，青蒜，韭菜，南瓜叶，野菜鸭掌青，野芹菜（水芹菜）， 鲜葱头（小品种）， 小萝卜菜（萝卜缨）， 野生山笋，  荷兰豆， 鲜蚕豆，莴笋，高山南瓜，黑美人——紫土豆等。 联系电话：13260035977 联系人：刘老师 配送点 目前配送网络刚刚建立，北京市内只有以下4个配送点。请和刘老师联系确定配送点有你的订购记录。 1，东城区 鼓楼东大街144号 2，石景山区 石景山实验幼儿园 3，丰台区 恒星学校：丰台区大红门西路24号 西马小学：西马金润家园 申请成为配送点 如果你能在附近联系5家以上的用户订购真味农园的安全食材，即可以申请成为真味农园的配送点。 如何交费 如果只是试吃，请取菜时当面交给配送点负责人，如果长期订购，请联系刘老师：13260035977 。 想长期食用真味农园的蔬菜，请提交以下回执：

FOR the first-time visitor to china, planning a trip to the most populous country on earth can be an exercise in trying to tame the infinite. Where to begin? Since most people will be flying into Beijing, Hong Kong or Shanghai, we suggest basing yourself in one of these three cities, each in its own [...]

There are about 3 million+ foreign travelers Travel to Beijing every year. while there are about 200 thousand expats live in Beijing. If there is only about 1/10 of them would like to learn some Chinese, You can imagine how big the market is.  I think many people are trying to figure out which language [...]

Kids today are the most overprotected, overindulged, and over scheduled in history.  Is all of this attention giving the next generation a competitive edge, or creating new problems that will last a lifetime? 現今普遍的孩子都被過度保護、溺愛及安排過多活動。這種關注是否能為下一代提高競爭力，又或是令將來產生更多的問題？CBC documentary Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids Dear Friends, Many of today children’s “generation ME” find it difficult to finish their meals, clean up after [...]

A friend gave me a call and invited me to his organic farm in Pinggu平谷,Beijing for the Qingming 清明 festival. I visited some organic farms before, but this one is different as he said. I’d like to check it and figure  it out what is the difference. There is about 50 minutes driving before arrived [...]

Shanghai walking tour: The former French Concession A former French Concession-native threads a path through the city’s most peaceful neighborhood March 30, 2012 Enjoy a slow, peaceful and skyscraper-free Shanghai afternoon. Foreigners in Shanghai speak of the former French Concession (前法租界) like it’s sacred ground, akin to the windy streets of Montmartre. Ask locals and [...]

Beijing Bell & Drum Towers: The key appears to be tourism Updated: 2012-03-29 09:41 There are few tourists taking the rickshaws in the soon-to-be renovated area surrounding Beijing’s Drum and Bell towers in the cold months, even though they stock blankets. Drivers roam the square to hunt for customers or nap in their rickshaws. Henan [...]

四海之内皆兄弟 Pronunciation: si hai zhi nei jie xiong di 四：four 海:  sea or ocean 之: of 内: within, inside, includ 皆: all 兄: elder brother 弟: younger brother  四海，sihai, it means the four oceans that surrounded china. Ancient Chinese people believed China was surrounded by four big oceans. They were: the North Sea, the South [...]