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" China is..."
 David Millians - February 19

China is so many things for me, including friendship, tradition, and change. I spent a week this summer living and teaching in the small community of Bangxie Village in southern Yunnan province. From the mayor, my host, to the smallest child, everyone was friendly and helpful, and tradition and change were part of their everyday lives. Traditions were everywhere. The village's ancient stone shrine, dating from before writing in the area, still stands at the center of the community. Adult women still pick tea leaves from the bushes growing on terraces up and down the mountainsides. An older man brought every family's water buffalos home in the evening, leading them with a clanking of bells past my tiny bedroom's window. At the same time, most rooftops sported a satellite dish, young and old sped up and down the dirt mountain roads on gleaming new motorbikes, and my students listened to western and Asian pop music on their mp3 players. Illiterate grandmothers still in arranged marriages will see their granddaughters find jobs in Shanghai and go to college, maybe even travel over the ocean to visit our country.

[|Here is a link] to a site about Yunnan. If you go to the bottom of the page, there is a map. I was southwest of Lancang in the south of the province, near the border with Myanmar. Asha 3-1-10 i liked the site about Yunnan. i really like the part were it says " hi i am sunny and i will be your tour guide. hahahahahaha. Lucas 3-2-10 I think it is cool how you are in your own picture. I did not know that monks attend school. and I can not emagine a monk listening to pop on an mp3 player. I think that the picture that you put up was cool! When I thought of China two years ago, I thought the children looked like peddlers. Now I now that they don't because I was thinking of a different century! Ha Ha!

Eli 3/2/10 This picture really shows that children all across the globe aren’t that different. They all like peace signs. Did they say anything about your laugh or did you try not to laugh so they wouldn’t get that freaked out? I don’t know why I’m asking this but what are the ages for drinking and driving in China, and are they very strict about them?

Annabel February 21, 2010

I think China is, well, a country of complex history… I chose this collage that I made, because when I think of China, these people and things are what I think of. I think that it is important to have exp. Chairman Mao and Empress Wu next to each other because even though they are so different they are both a part of China’s history. I think that this is China! Jade-March 1, 2010 These are great pictures of Mao Zedong and Empress Wu. Mao is a nice person because he helped the pesants figure out that they can do things too. Mao is also kind of weird in his own speacial way.... These pictures are awesome, and I like your collage. megan march 1st 2010 i like the picture of Mao and jimmy carter. i also think the flag was a nice touch.

Lucy  commenting on Annabel’s  entry I love your pictures! You are so smart. Asha 2-26-10 I like your pictures of Mao Zedong and Empress Wu. I, for one, think that Mao was a pretty good person to help the pensents of China see that they can do something. I love China! It is the best place in the world!

Jennifer 03/01/10- comment on Annabel I love the collage that you made it is cool, and the explanations that you gave. Jennifer 02/23/10 I think China would be a great place to go, and learn about. It has so many places that you can visit, and have a great time. For example, Sun Moon Lake. There is also a lot of history to learn, and that is important. For example, Mao Zedong. China also has made differences in our life. For example, the technology that they made now, and they have made before, like computers.

Annabel Feb. 26, 2010 - this is a comment about Jennifer's entry I really like what you said! I think that you worded your entry very well. I think that you would make anyone want to go to China! I think that your section is very interesting! :) sally 2/3/10 Jennifer, I agree with what you said. I also think that China would be a great place to go to. I don't know what Sun Moon Lake is but it is probally fun! is it in the provence that you did a broshure about?

Jade-February 23, 2010 This is Zheshan Park in Anhui Province. I chose this picture because it has amusement rides, petting zoos, and much more. This would be fun for the whole family. It could be a family trip someday! megan march 1st 2010 that place sounds really cool and i know my family would l love it too. roller coasters are so awesome. Jennifer 03/01/10- comment on Jade oh! I would love to go there plus if there are roller costers. Mary, March 2. I think its cool that china has roller costors that are that strange and exoctic. i like the look of it and how it has a waterfall. I agree that looks like a fun family trip. Someday i hope you will.

Lizabeth 3-1-10 I am up for a roller coster, any day. The one in your picture looks very fun. How would you get tickets? I really want to try that one. Cool! Lucy commenting on Jade’s entry Cool! I love roller coasters! Hey how do you buy tickets for that?

Emma 2/3/10 This is a really cool picture. This seems like a family friendly place to visit! I would love to hang out here even though I hate roller coasters! lol

Spencer March 2 2010 I love roller coaters and heights so I think I would really enjoy that. It looks like alot of fun. Do you know any body who has ever been there?

SaraOne 3-1-10 Me too I'm a BIG fan of roller coster's, I would love to go there one day. I've never been to that province. It sounds cool. Ya it would be a great family trip!

Asha 3-1-10 ROLLERCOASTER!! ROLLERCOASTER! They're the best. I want to go on it right now!

Christia 3/2/10 Looks fun, I like how it has water so it would be cool if you go through it. I also like that it looks exotic and cool. I dont think I'd ever go there though. Probably because I like to go to the big city's. =Max 1= I think that China is a very interesting country, because of its many different features. For example in the East, there are the big cities that are filled with tourists. Whereas the West, there are lots of natives getting food, and other basic things by just planting rice. There are many people, who live by planting rice all day, every day just to get their food. That strikes me as something pretty amazing and shocking. That is one of the things that I think are interesting in China.

Carson commenting on Max One‘s post. 3/2/10 I agree that it is fascinating how people walk up and down those mountons everyday. Must be hard. megan march 1st 2010 i couldn't imagine working in rice fields all day i would definitley live in the east. Houston 3-2-10 Trollin' roller coaster! When I was in China last summerI went to an Amusement Park in Tianjin. Most of the roller coasters were worthy of being at Six Flags! One of the other ones was about as thrilling as I-85 though.

Graeme commenting on max ones

i really like what you said and I also agree on what you said about the native foods and tourist and stuff. i think that would be a good idea for me to go there and check it out. thanks Max One.

Carson-2/23/10 This is in Harbin city, the capitol of Heilongjiang province (the province I did my brochure on). I think that this a wonderful sculpture made ice because its amazing that it is that big. I want to go there some day.rom PiMax1 I also would like to go to this province someday. All of the things in the brochure really got me interested in the Ice Festival. It seems really awesome! Asha 3-1-10 I want to go see the Ice Festival! It sounds really cool! Jade-March 2, 2010 Wow, that's made of i ce??? That's amazing artwork. I really liked how you chose this picture because it really makes people want to go to your province. megan march 1st 2010 wow it is made of ice wouldn't it melt after a while though. Tyler 3/2/10That is a really cool photo. In Hong Kong I went to a festival just like it. It was really fun with all the sculptures made of ice. I share your ambition to go to Heilongjiang and I hope you go there soon. lucas 3-2-10 comment on Picarson I think that you province would be awesome to visit. it was my favorite one. I would DEFINETLY go to the ice festival if I could. Zander 3/2/10

I would love to go to that province. It would be awesome to go to the Ice Festival.

Graeme commenting on carsons picture. 3-2-10 i love the way the building looks. it looks all colorful and stuff, nice job. I also would like to go there. Snow baby awsome this is from the province.

Sara 2/23/10 I think China has a very good history and arts. We have been trading things with the U.S. and China. China has beautiful acrobats and beautiful mountains. I like how at each province the foods are different, like one province has hot and spicy food and another will have sweet food, and one province might have both kind of foods. The provinces are just like states. <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px arial,helvetica,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> Robbie 2/23/10 Yeah Carson, that's really cool. I chose your province (Helongjiang) [sorry if I spelled that wrong] because of the cool, Harbin Ice and snow festival. I cant imagine how people could make that out of ice. megan march 1st 2010 i totally agree have you seen there team in olmpic gymnastics wow!!!!!!!!!!! Jennifer 03-01-10 I think the same China does have very good arts, and history. like your pictures. Asha 3-1-10 So do I <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Princetown LET',helvetica,sans-serif;">LUCy

Sara Two 3/3/10 I would love to try all of those different kinds of foods especially the spicy kind. I love looking at pictures of the mountains in China. They’re really pretty. They’re dancing is fun to watch to.

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<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">You are right, China has great food. Exept that I really like sushi and sushi is Japenese. I also like how you put in the thing about acrobats. I think that China’s people are very flexible.

Tyler 3/2/10 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;">You are absolutely right, China does have a very good history and arts. I have been there and seen their acrobats. They are amazing doing all sorts of flips and jumps. And I agree about the last part, to know really good Chinese food you have to go all over China.

Spencer 3 2 2010 I think that China would have very good food. It looks so good just in the pictures. I love eating Chinese food here, I bet it would be amazing in china. (wonder if they say that about amercian food)

Zander 2/23/10

I think China is an awesome place for food. I chose this picture because a cool picture of food. I think China has the best food ever, and that’s why I chose a picture of food. Asha 3-1-10 Davids screensaver! megan march 1st 2010 don't you just love chinese food if i could eat it every day i would. yum Christian 3/210 Chinese food is the bomb! I love Chinese food, i am not a big fan of fortune cookies though. Chinese food is also one of the big well-known things about China. I think it is becoming more Americanized though.

Sally 2/3/10 I also love Chinese food! my favorite is probably sweet and sour chicken but I have been told that that's not real Chinse food. Oh well!

lucas 3-2-10

Chinese food can be good. It can also be horrible though. Watch out. Carson commenting on Zander’s post. 3/2/10 I love Chinese food too. It is one of my favorirtes. Did you know that fortune cookies are actually from California?

Houston 3-2-10 That picture make me hungry! Dumplings are very good, especially duck dumplings. Last summer when I was in China the "mystery dumplings" were not very good though. I don't know what was in them... <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px arial,helvetica,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Robbie 2/23/10 Yeah, Chinese food can be bad when they cook bad products. My pibites (beef fried rice) had the worst beef in the world, I would always throw the beef out. The rice and everything else was great though.

Eli 3/2/10 When I was in New York two summers ago, I went to China Town with my grandparents and my cousin. We went to a hardcore Chinese restaurant and we ordered three things of noodles because we weren’t sure how big the portions would be. Our waiter was telling us, “too much, too much” but we couldn’t understand him. When we got the food though, we were overwhelmed and we barley finished one pan, but it was really tasty.

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<span style="color: #c924ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">When I used to think China, I would think of little houses with cute little curved roofs, or little Chinese kids playing. When I got older, I learned that I was thinking of the wrong century. Then I thought China was a country packed with buildings, factories and people. Well <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #c924ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">I was so wrong. OH! and When ever I see a picture of the Great Wall, I think //<span style="color: #c924ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">"Wow, that" //<span style="color: #c924ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">s a great wall!" //<span style="color: #c924ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> p.s. <span style="color: #ff5814; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Bye, People! megan march 1st 2010 i agree china is very beautiful but not just the man made stuff the nature stuff even more // ======

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<span style="color: #ff5814; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">I think that China IS a very beautiful country. And I think that it has a wide range of food. I also think that it has a wide range of people too. SIGHTS and COOL HOUSES!!! ======

Annabel- Feb. 26, 2010 commenting on Lucy’s entry I really like your pictures of the mountains and water. I really like the picture “sunrise over the black dragon pool.” It is so pretty! Your pictures describe China’s beautiful outdoors. I also liked what you said!

Jennifer 03-01-10 I like the pictures that you put on they are really pretty. I like how you said about ho you used to think about China.

SaraOne 3-1-10 I do think China's a beautiful country. Great examples.... I really like how you changed the colors, its all colorful. Yes, the Great wall of China is a great wall

maxtwo 3-1-10 I like the picture of the water fall it looks very peaceful. I would love to take a vacation there.

Emma 2/3/10 All of these pictures are very beautiful! I would love to go on a vacation there! It would be misty at night. So pretty!

Graeme 2-23-10



The reason that I picked dumplings is because I love food. Also I love meat and there is meat inside of it. And for my last thing they are a traditonal food made in China and they are very special to me. megan march 1st 2010 i love dumplings but i prefer veggies to meat. Jade-March 1, 2010 I really like dumplings, too! They are great with soy sauce. They're also great with meat or vegetables. Go dumplings!!!

Asha 2-26-10 Go dumplings! And with meat they are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3-1-10 Your making me hungry!

maxtwo 3/1/10 max likes dumplings. chinese food is good. i,m great friends with the people that own restaurant that does chinese food for PiBites. Lucas3-2-10 dumplings are some of my favorite chinese food. They are awesome with soy sauce. dumplings are Awesome especilly with meat. Zander 3/2/10

Dumplings are amazing! They are my favorite food in China. 3/5/10 Hugo I love dumplings also! Especially pork ones. Whenever I eat them I need to eat a lot of them. Your picture also makes them look really good. Lucas 2-23-10 I think that Chairman Mao changed china a lot. At first china was a country made of pure tradition, but now it is one of the most advanced countries. I think Chairman Mao really helped china advance and that is why he is important. megan march 1st 2010 i think he did alot for china i just don't like his way of doing it. Sally 2/3/10 I think that Chairman Mao di d a lot as well. But i don't like how he punished people for being landlords.

Tyler 2/3/10 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I agree with you that he changed China a lot. In some good ways and some bad ways.He did help China but he also damaged China. I like your entry and I think you have some good points.

Mary,March 2 That looks really good. It looks like you captured your own like nd but it into the tradition of shine. I really like. It makes me hungry

Houston 3-2-10 Mao did do a lot of good things for China. But his mistakes killed more people than Hitler killed in the holocaust. The Great Leap Forward killed about 20 million people and the holocaust killed 6 million.

Christia 3/2/10 I don't really know how you got the holocaust from this. But I agree with you he did do some good things. He also did some bad things. I also thought Tyler's entry was good. Eli 3/2/10 If Mao hadn’t stood up and tried to make a change, China would be nowhere near where it is today. I think that the U.S. needs a Mao of our own to help pull us out of the unemployment. Mao was a strong leader and although his mistakes cost the Chinese many lives, it helped them in the long run. He has a weird haircut.

Lizabeth 2/ 24/10

====10 Pandas I chose this to write about for a few reasons: 1. Because pandas are important to China, and to me 2. Because pandas are one of my favorite animals 3. Because it was one of the major things that Jimmy Carter changed over the time he was president ==== megan arch 1st 2010 i love pandas to they are like big over grown teddy bears. =) B)

Annabel- Feb. 26, 2010 commenting on Lizabeth’s entry I really like your panda picture. It is very cute! J I went on the link and I really like the picture of the panda & lady. Very funny! You did a great job!

SaraOne 3-1-10 I thought it was really cool the Jimmy Carter brought the pandas to the Atlanta zoo. I thought it was one of Jimmy Carters accomplishments that he brought the pandas to the zoo here. It’s cool that he likes pandas .Its cool that after we got the pandas a couple years later they had a brand new baby!

Adriana 3/1/10 Pandas are cute. I see why you chose that.

Christian 3/2/10 That was a really cute picture. I like how they're all huddling up together. You can find Pandas all over the world thanks to China. I think they were Sending the ones at Atlanta zoo back to China to breed. Jade-March 2, 2010 I love the picture!!! Yes, panda's are important in China now. Did you hear that they're sending back the panda at the Atlanta Zoo so they can try to get it to mate with other panda's?

Emma 2/3/10 This picture is so cute! Everyone associates China with Pandas and I can see why! They all look like little thirsty humans! I want a panda…

Will3/2/10

That is so true. Graeme 3-2-10 I like the picture of the pandas. Pandas are really awsome animals. Nice job.

Sara Two 3/3/10 Those pandas are so cute J I think it’s cool that President Carter helped the pandas. It’s sad that pandas are going extinct. I love pandas!!!!!!!

3/5/10 Hugo I love pandas. They are so big and so cool. When I was little I got to see a video of one being born. It was so small.

Emma February 23, 2010 I think that China is a place that is really restive. There are a lot of great holidays with a lot of yummy food. There is also pretty dancing. I know a lot about Asian cultures, because I have studied places in Asia for the last 4 years. China is a very interesting place with so much history. This is a picture of Chinese dance. I love dancing, so this picture means a lot to me. Enjoy! megan march 1st 2010 i love holidays with yummy food. and they have very interesting history. mary, march 2 i love the picture you chose. I also like the words you choose. Your picture sorta makes your writing have more ideas and opens up your mind more. I really like how your writing goes with the picture. It is like your writing the inside of you and your picture is the outside of you and it is good that they both go together. It looks like you meant it instead of just saying what people want you to say. Adriana 3/1/10 I like your picture because dancing is important in China. And I also think that your words go with the picture.

Sara Two 3/3/10 I would love to see all of China’s holidays. I would especially like to go see Chinese New Year in Beijing. It’s really cool that you have been studying Asia for the last 4 years. I love learning China’s history. Mekdes 2/23/10 Foot Binding I think foot in China foot binding was very important becaus e it meant you were pretty. What foot binding did was crush your feet so that it was small. it was considered that since your feet was big you were atomically known as ugly. I am glad they stopped because every women should have a choice if they want there foot bonded up like that. Annabel commenting on Mekde's entry 3/1/10 I really like what you said. I agree with you- everyone (woman or man) should have the right to say or act against anything that could hurt/ harm them. You picture describes your writing well! :)

mary, march 2 I think it is sort of creepy to look at but at the same time kid of sad. It made me kind of realize we have it easy. I really like how u explained it. I am glad it is over. megan march 1st 2010 i hate foot binding because people only saw you as pretty if you had your feet binded and they did not focus enough on inner beauty Lizabeth 3-1-10 I think foot binding must have really hurt! I am SO glad that I didn’t live in china at that time. That picture is very cool, but I can’t imagine what it would be like to have a foot like that. Cool topic to write about. Asha 3-1-10 so am i!! maxtwo 3-2-10 ouch! that looks like it hurt. i don't see how it's pretty it looks like it hurt.

<span style="color: #198a56; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">WoW! ‘glad I don’t live in china 40 years ago! OUCH
Letty 2/3/10

WOW! That is really gruesome. I am glad that it doesn’t happen anymore. That is SO not pretty! Jade-March 2, 2010 Disgusting!!! I did my project thing, you know, on foot binding. I'm really glad that doesn't happen anymore because people should know that they don't have to have bound feet to be pretty!

Carson commenting on Mekdes’s post. 3/2/10 That is not pretty at all. it makes your foot look demented and weird. I think guys would merry the girls to get them out of that torture.

Graeme 3-2-10

I dont like this picture because I dont like what they did to the woman but I do think that it means something, so good job.

Sara Two 3/3/10 I would have hated my foot bound as a girl in China. Girls should have had a say in there own foot binding. The picture that you have is hard to look at. I can’t even imagine the pain.

Sam 2/23/10

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==== I choose these because they show China’s nature. I think they are greener then we are. I think we should be greener then them. In one of my pictures a city is in the background. It shows that China is getting more modern by the day. ====

Mekdes 3-1-10 commenting on Sam's I like that you choose this pic. because it shows that China has nature in it and also high teak stuff. I also like this pic. beacuse of the mountain. I like the mountain in this pic. because the clouds surrounding it makes it look like you could go to the top of the mountain and touch the clouds. I also like the surrounding of the clouds on the mountain because it makes it look breath taking. megan march 1st 2010 i like the mountain pic because it is beautiful especially with the clouds at the top. aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh Christian 3/2/10

I like these pictures because it shows China has nature and is a growing modern city. The picture on the left is a nice view of a mountain. I dont think they're very green. They polute the most but then again they use the most solar energy.

Letty 2/3/10

I like that you focused on how beautiful China is. Those pictures were breathtaking. In one of the pictures, you saw modern China in the background, but you also saw the beautiful nature. That symbolized a lot. Lucas 3-2-10 I like how you showed China is not all city. It is also nature and culture. I agree with Christian and Letty

Will3/2/10 Your right Sam. I hope one day we will be greener than China.

Houston 3-2-10 I hate to disagree but in major Chinese cities (Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin etcetera,) the sky is gray. It is very disgusting and I've heard that living in Shanghai is like smoking 60 cigarettes a day and New York is only 20. China does have some very beautiful cities tho, like Houngzhou (no, i don't know how it's spelled). 3/5/10 Hugo That is an interesting thing to think about. China is definitely getting more modern. They also are much greener then us. This picture shows both of these things. Robbie 2/23/10 China is… a great, thriving, modern country. They have come from being mostly farmland, to being a country of all sorts of things like, cities full of work, big colleges, great Olympic teams and training, and still also some farmland, but I think a little bit of farmland and farmers are needed to run such a big country. Overall, China has come a long way to becoming one of the most powerful countries in the world. megan march 1st 2010 i agree and f.y.i. the u.s. team is better Sam 3/1/10 - comment on Robbie China is very industrious. China is getting more modern by the day. I think that we should get modern like them.

Lizabeth 3-1-10 Sadly, you’re probably right. From those pictures, China does look very green. Other parts of China could pollute to, just like some parts of America do to. Go green!

maxtwo 3-1-10 I have to agree china is growing and i hope that they can do a better job at controlling the pollution. china is quickly growing and there is going to be a lot of pollution. china has a massive population and they have a daily commute to work and other places. America has been very bad at controlling the pollution. Zander 3/2/10

It is bad that China is very polluted. In some parts of China, people have to wear masks because of the pollution in the air.

Tyler 3/2/10 <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal;">I like your point of view about their progress from farmland to very powerful country. You explain some of their achievements in the modern world. I partly agree with but still, China has the largest population in the world, A LOT of farmers need to stay back or the country could collapse from lack of food.

Eli 3/2/10 I completely agree with your opinion on China. The picture you chose explains the message you were trying to give. But I think you should have had a picture of farmers as well. I would really like to have a pent house at the top of the curvy building.

Sara 2 2/23/10



The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a wall that runs about 5,500 miles. It was built over time and from different materials between the 5th century and the 16th century to protect northern China from invasions. Some parts are made of stone and brick while other parts are just piles of dirt. Along the way there are guard towers that people could sit in and signal if an enemy was coming. Rumor is that astronauts can see The Great Wall with their eyes from space, but the truth is that they can’t.

Annabel commenting on Sara 2's entry- 3/ 1/ 10 I like your writing- it's really acurate! :) I like how you give backround about your writing! Also, very nice picture! :) megan march 1st 2010 i you could see the great wall from space i would become an astronaut just for that reason Lizabeth 3-1-10 Wow, cool picture! I can’t believe how long the Great Wall is. I wonder how long it would take to walk the Great wall. It is amazing how long the Great Wall has stood. It is diffidently very long.

SaraOne 3-1-10 I’ve hear u can see the moon when you are at the end of the great wall, I don’t know if its true. I think its cool that they made part of the wall with just dirt! That wall runs for a long time! I wonder why they made that rumor??

Mekdes 3-1-10 commenting on Saratwo's That pic. of the great wall of china looks so cool. I cant believe it's 5,000 miles that is so long. I love learning intresting things about china and learning it's 5,000 miles, wow. To tell you the truth I might not make it alive, if I ever decided to walk the great wall of China.

Tyler 2/3/10I think it cool that you wrote about the great wall because it has a very long history.I'm glad that you wrote about how it protected China from invasions because it is a cool fact. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal;">Rumors and truth are two different things and I'm glad that told the truth that you cannot see The wall form space.

Christian 2/23/10 China is a beautiful country. It is a mixture of Modern and old, China is starting to be more new than old because they're getting rid of lots of old things. They have hardworking people, they used to be just farmers and such. But they turned into Olympic medalists and rich people. Overall they're a pretty powerful country with lots of great cultures.

Sally 2/3/10 You're right. China is a mix of old and new but i also think that it's more new because a long time ago there were no big buildings. But now there are citys full. megan march 1st 2010 i think it is sad they are getting rid of old stuff because china has great history that i think should be preserved Will3/2/10

I agree Christian. Espeically about the olyimpics stuff. <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px arial,helvetica,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Robbie 3/2/10 I agree with all of you, my comment was almost exactly the same (I did NOT copy). I believe the exact same thing that they came from being mostly farmers.

Sara Two 3/3/10 That’s a cool picture. I don’t like how China’s is becoming more modern because there country used to be so interesting. I don’t like how there getting rid of old things. They are really good in the Olympics.



This Chairmen Mao he ruled china at the beginning of communsim in china thing. Even though he was cruel he restored china. He made things happen faster and made China happen faster. I like that because of him china happened faster.mary

megan march 1st 2010 it was hard for me to follow that.

Tyler 2/23/10 To me China is one of the best places to go to for a vacation. A reason is that is has the largest building in the world that is open. Another reason is because of their food that is amazing.The last reason why I would want to go to China is because of their friendliness to foreigners.These reasons are why I would go to China and I hope I go their soon.

This is a picture of the Jin Mao tower and the world financial building

Letty 2/3/10

I liked how you showed a modern piece of China, but not in a way that was offending. I also liked how you talked about their friendliness. The pictures were really cool. You described it really well. megan march 1st 2010 i like the bigger building it reminds me of a zipper Asha 2-26-10 ChinaA2Z.com

To me, China is the best place to go for food because it has so many flavors. When I try it my sences just burst with happiness. And I choose this link because it has interesting page and if you go to the file labled China, you will find that it has info on all the provinces.

A vidio from YOUTUBE!!!! LOOK AT THE BABY PANDA!!!!!!!!!

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Sara Two 3/3/10 I would love to go to China as well. It’s such an interesting place. I would love to try the food there. I think your picture is really cool I like the shape of the buildings.

Will3/2/10

Tyler I agree on the food part in your review and I too want to go to China. I wish one day we both get to go to China. =<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">media type="youtube" key="FzRH3iTQPrk" height="344" width="425" =

Eli Tuesday, February 23rd I chose this picture because it shows the contrast between the old and new. In the front, there is an ancient shrine but in the background looms a huge skyscraper. I think that the picture really shows what China has been through, and I can’t wait to see what China becomes in the future.

Sam 3/1/10 - comment on Eli I think it was a good idea to put old and new in the same picture. Because it mixes them together. China is keeping the old and at the same time bringing the new. megan march 1st 2010 i like the first building better because it represents more of china's history Mary,march 2 You picture really capture china. It looks like you are explaining facts in a picture. it looks like you went to china and took a random picture. I really like it.

Christian 3/210 This picture is really cool because it is a mixture of old and modern, because it has an ancient old house and a crane with lots of modern buildings.

Houston 3-2-10 I <3 how you found a picture like that. The temple in the front and the skyscrapers in the back show that Mao definitely brought in the new, but didn't quite get rid of ALL of the old.

3/5/10 Hugo Eli, I think that this is a great picture. It really shows the contrast between the old and the new. It also shows that China has the old and the new in it. This picture really shows that and practically explains your post without even having to read it. Spencer 2.28.09 China is.. a world of oppisites. It has so many differences between the old and the new. It has buildings and temples from 1000+ years, but yet is very techonlogly advanced. I think it is truly amazing that it can be so different, and I think China has come along way. I choose this picture because it does have youtube which is so foward, but it still has the old bans from the goverment.



Sam 3/1/10 - commenting on Spencer's I did not know that You Tube was banned in China. What is so bad about it and why. I don't get it. megan march 1st 2010 i am a youtube addict how could it be banned Lizabeth 3-1-10 Why on earth would they ban You Tube? I like it and think it is funny. On the other hand, they might want to stop people from seeing thing that are not appropriate to see. That’s to bad. Asha 3-1-10 In my opinion, You Tube should have just stopped putting on inaproprieate things. Then again. Thats what makes You Tube so funny and popular! I go on it everyday. SaraOne 3-1-10 Youtube got banned in China! It's really interesting that Youtube is banned in China..... That's a cool picture of the sign. Why did it get banned thats kind of sad....

Mekdes 3-1-10 commenting on Spencer's First of all I do love the pic. of the sign. The second thing I like about what you wrote is you had an interesting topic. I think it's interesting because people in America love Youtube and China doesn't. Then banning it is very funny to me in a way.

Emma 2/3/10 I think that it is cool that you chose to put down YouTube banned in China. I wonder why that is. I would really like to find out more information on that Spenda Walkley <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px arial,helvetica,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Robbie 3/2/10 Wow, i never knew that youtube was banned in China. That's really interesting, because it shows that China still banes some new stuff. It shows that they haven't completly gotten over not letting new things in. Houston 3-2-10 It's interesting how China blocked Youtube. When I was in China last summer Rambo was scheduled to show on TV one night, when it came the screen turned black, all the other channels still worked tho. I think it was because John Rambo fights in the Korean War and China helped Korea in that war. I'll bet it was because some Chinese official or something was watching youtube and saw a Chinese or Communism bashing video, like The Cloak or something.

3/5/10 Hugo I cannot believe that Youtube is blocked in China! I cannot imagine what it would be like to not have it. It is really important to people. But I bet China does not really care because they never got addicted to it.

Hugo 3/1/10 All together there is about 1.3 billion people living in China. It is the most populated country in the world. This picture shows a small fraction of all of the people that live there.

Zander 3/2/10

Wow that is a lot of people. I would not want to be in that mob

megan march 1st 2010 did you know more people live in megan land then in china it's true look it up Letty 2/3/10

I liked that you focused on a hard issue of China’s, but you did not make it hard to read.

Will3/2/10

Hugo I think that there is a a lot of people in China I hope one day relize how much that is. It's alot.

Carson commenting on Hugo’s post. 3/2/10 1.3 million people? No wonder why they only let you have one child.

anonomous 3/3/10 its actually 1.3 billion

Sally 3/1/10 China is........... Cool culture High mountains and low valleys Interesting cities and towns Nice people Awesome country

(notice how the first letter of the each sentence spells CHINA I tried to make it obvious but it didn't work so I wrote this sentence.)

<span style="color: #ff00ef; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">What a cool poem Sally! You are very very very very right.
Jennifer 03-01-10 I like your poem. Annabel commenting on Sally's entry- 3/ 1/ 10 I like your poem. It's really cool! And yes, I like the acrostic! (if thats what you call it!) :) megan march 1st 2010 i liked how you did a poem for your project it's tight! Mekdes 3-1-10 commenting Sally's sally that is an awesome poem. I also like that it spells china going down. I also like how it's true because china dose have a cool

culture, and very interesting cities and towns. i hope everyone hears your awesome poem. Spencer 3.2.10 Omg sally! That is so cool that you choose to do it that way. That was really clever. I wish I had thought of something like that!

Houston March 1st I chose this picture because China is a huge exporting company. Nowadays (almost) everything you see has a tag "made in China" on it. Since China is such a big exporting country, and America is such a big buying country, we balance each other well.

Sam 3/1/10 - comment on Houston I think China is a exporting country. I agree that a lot of things have a "made in china" tag and we are big buyers. But, we are in a lot of debt with them so we are not buying so many things any more. megan march 1st 2010 i might own like three things in my house that were not made in china. that is except for my hand woven undies. Emma 3/2/10 I think that this is really interesting to think about. Everyone always looks at the tag and thinks “Oohhhh Made in China? Whatever” No one actually ever thinks about it. And I think it is great that you are bringing it up now. I really also liked what you said!

maxtwo 3-2-10 i have to disagree with us balancing out. the U.S is in alot of debt to china.

Cason commenting on Houston’s post. 3/2/10 China plays a huge part in today’s economy. Without them we would not have a lot of what we have now. I wonder how many MADE IN CHINA labels have been printed?

Houston 3-2-10 Max, how capitalism works is the whole buying and selling thing. Americans like to buy more than any other country, and the War on Terrorism, and the war in Kuwait each cost a lot of money. We needed some extra money to finance those wars. I just found a link that explains how much training, equipping, and paying the average soldier cost. I had heard it cost a lot, but this amazed me. [|Click Me!] <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px arial,helvetica,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> Robbie 2/23/10 Yes all of that I think is very true and that is part of the reason we owe them so much money.We should make more things for them so it evens out.

China is a big country and is going to play a big part in our future. china is quickly growing and developing. China also has great candy like WHITE RABBIT. Asha 3-1-10 Go WHITE RABBIT

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Adriana 3/1/10

I chose this picture because rice is very important in China. They probably eat rice in every meal. It’s a traditional food. I personally like rice. My favorite is fried rice.

Max two Rice is a big part in china. I bet if rice didn’t exist china would be a lot poorer.

Letty 2/3/10 megan march 1st 2010 it looks like a mosaic piece of art very hug worthy.

I liked that instead of focusing on big picture China, you did rice, instead. I love to bring rice for lunch. Also, whenever my stomach is unsteady, I always eat rice. It is bland, and it really helps.

Sally 2/3/10 I like fried rice better than normal rice to. normal rice does not have much flavor in my opinion. That picture is very pretty. It makes you realize that China is not just citys it's also fields and nature things.

Emma 3/2/10 I really like the look of this picture. The rice fields look like a painting. I also like what you said about liking fried rice better than liking white rice. I agree! Zander 3/2/10 I think that rice is very bland and boring. I think it’s crazy that most people in China eat so much rice.

Megan 3/1/10 I picked a variety of Chinese food for my wiki. I chose this picture because I love food especially Chinese food. I was inspired to do this from Pyng Ho I loved that place.

Eli 3/2/10 Rice is very important to China. It is a food they can easily grow in quantities which is necessary when you are trying to feed a country with a population of 1.3 billion people. I’m not saying that it tastes good but it feeds the people. I only like rice when it’s on sushi or it’s fried rice.

Will 3-4-10

China is a place of great cuisene. My favorite food in China is fried meet dumplings. I hope one day that I can go to China have there really great food.

Max two if i went to china i would starve i not the greatest fan of Chinese food. i would love to see the sights.