With the Western world inundating China with the best and worst it has to offer these past few decades, it’s no surprise that eventually even Big Bird would make a migrational trip over the Pacific to visit the Middle Kindgom himself. His inaugural visit was part of a water conservation project sponsored by Thirst, an Australian NGO based in Beijing that has done a series of ‘water dragons’ with school kids around China. This event also involved making a water […]
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Joyful Wedding
Joy and Chris held more of a reception than a wedding at the Westin on Financial Street in Beijing. Their real nuptials had been held in Joy’s hometown in Guizhou a few weeks earlier, but since most of their Beijing buddies couldn’t join the actual wedding, they held another “wedding” at a nicely chosen location. Complete with bridesmaids and groomsmen to fill out the photos, the day went well and moments of merriment and frolicking were captured throughout the day […]
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Several years ago I was asked to blog about my experiences studying at Beijing Film Academy (BFA) on my friend’s website Asianfilms.org (which has now morphed into AsiaPacificFilms.com, an excellent resource for streaming hard-to-find films from Asia and the Pacific). Little did I realize at the time that it would propel me to become the unofficial contact for foreigners wanting to come study at BFA, as the BFA English-language website was practically nonexistent. Eventually I added this Beijing Film Academy […]
read moreBeijing Film Academy – 2nd Semester
Several years ago I was asked to blog about my experiences studying at Beijing Film Academy (BFA) on my friend’s website Asianfilms.org (which has now morphed into AsiaPacificFilms.com, an excellent resource for streaming hard-to-find films from Asia and the Pacific). Little did I realize at the time that it would propel me to become the unofficial contact for foreigners wanting to come study at BFA, as the BFA English-language website was practically nonexistent. Eventually I put up a Beijing Film […]
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Several years ago I was asked to blog about my experiences studying at Beijing Film Academy (BFA) on my friend’s website Asianfilms.org (which has now morphed into AsiaPacificFilms.com, an excellent resource for streaming hard-to-find films from Asia and the Pacific). Little did I realize at the time that it would propel me to become the unofficial contact for foreigners wanting to come study at BFA, as the BFA English-language website was practically nonexistent. Eventually I put up a Beijing Film […]
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