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    The day after..in the hutong

    August 21th, 2008, posted by: maartje nevejan

    maartje nevejan -

    21-8-2008

    about hutongs and the post 8o generation.

    The day after the debate we take it slow. In the morning we go to a cool Hutong.
    A hutong is an old part of town, the ones you always see in Chinese movies…
    1.5 million people have been moved from their houses because of the Olympics and a lot of hutongs are torn down.
    Now off course they are very fashionable and very expensive. In the hutongs are the small café’s where you can get cappuccino and pizza, and the cool tshirt shops are there etc.

    After coffeer shoppi...

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    Talking to the Other

    August 20th, 2008, posted by: maartje nevejan

    maartje nevejan -

    "Travelling we feel that something inportant is happening, that we are part of something while at the same time we are witnessing and creating it."
    Ryszard Kapuscinski" The Other"

    Beijing 20-8-2008

    Hello everyone. There is a strange silence on our site, where are you guys?
    We are open now for a week and a half, and there is not much action goiing on. I startt wondering if we are doing the right thing, if we made the right buttons on the site to react, or maybe the site takes to much time to follow.
    Anyway, everyone says it takes time to build up an audience, so I guess I am , as usual, too impatient. For those who are following or stories: Please let...