Christmas atmosphere

I bought:

1) Christmas tree

( made in China, of course )

2) Nativity set

The holy house was missing,

so we builted by ourself!

:-)

maomao

Cina and Africa

I was reading this interesting article ( in italian, sorry! )

http://www.rainews24.it/ran24/magazine/continente_cina/default_09112006.asp

about the relationship between China and Africa.
China is planning to became soon the first
commercial partner of African continent.
China will import Raw Materials ( oil ,
coal, iron etc ) and will export handcrafts,
tecnology, will build streets and schools etc etc.

maomao

Chinese Proverbs

1) FUNNY:

Tian bu pa,Di bu pa, jiu pa yangguizi shuo zhonguohua
( I am not afraid of the heaven, I am not afraid of the hell,
I am just afraid of the foreign devils speaking chinese)

here foreigns is literaly:
"foreign devils"

2) SERIOUS:
Zi qi qi ren
( self cheat cheat people )
If you cheat yourself, It's like cheat other people

maomao

Chinese Classical Story

I am reading a book called:
"Selections from Records of the Historian",
a collection of classical chinese true stories.
I know that sometimes the reality is mixed with
the legends, but still...

About Xiang Yu,
a chinese general.
He lived around 2thousend years ago.

Before a very important battle,
the wife danced and singed in front of him.
After she commited suicide,
because she did not want to meke him
worried about her future in case of defeat.
Impressive.

Also himself, during the last battle,
when he was sure he was going to be defeated,
commited suicide.
He knew his head for very expensive ( the enemy
put a reward on it) , so intead to die he preferred
to cut himself the head and give it so a poor guy.
Very impressive.

maomao