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Slogans on Chinese clothes never fail to make me laugh but they
are often an interesting barometer of Chinese social values too.
are often an interesting barometer of Chinese social values too.
 I guess if you have to put up an ugly telecommunications
tower, you may was well disguise it as a tree!  These boxes of medicine had me scratching my head last week. It's some sort of infant's cream, but I have no idea where exactly the "Bill" and the "Hoves" come from...?
Jiajia. JD and I went to an amazing theme park the other day, along with two other families from JD’s school. The attraction has an "Ocean Park" (large aquarium, plus dolphin, seal and beluga whale shows), a "Snow Park" (huge indoor -8ºC building with slides, aerial walkways, train, skating, skiing, "live snowing", igloos etc), fairground rides and a circus! And all this just a few hours drive outside of Kunming! 
Since we decided not to make any trips away this Winter holiday, my main targets were to get everything ready in our redecorated flat to move back in, and to teach JD to ride his two-wheeler bike without stabilisers. He was very nervous at first but persevered and, despite a couple of minor crashes [see above, right!] can now circle the neighbourhood without my help. Something of a rite of passage!
 I really think Chinese politician Hou Youyi
should have invested in a human translator!
Yesterday was the big annual celebration here of Chinese New Year, otherwise known as Spring Festival. We had the obligatory family meal, (including Druncle) and JD enjoyed some fireworks and sparklers.
 I've been giving JD daily homework during the Winter holiday - mostly English and Maths - much to his annoyance! But today I got this sheet of paper slid under the bathroom door while I was taking a shower. It's his first ever written message to me (asking if he could get off his seat). Something of a breakthrough!
JD and I joined our Vietnamese friends to investigate a new (to us) park the other day. The large lake in the middle gave us the chance to hire a boat (complete with machine gun for JD) and there were also many funfair activities, such a a digger for JD. Around the lake were lots of nooks and crannies, nice walkways and some tasty snacks.
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Paul Hider lives and works in Kunming (SW China) and updates this blog about his life there every other day. Past blog entries
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