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CHINESE SUBTITLES
September 9th, 2008, posted by: maartje nevejan
ARE HARD TO FIND
Amsterdam 9-9-8
DEAR FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY FROM CHINA
I KNOW, friends is soooooooo Maccain, but anyway,
We have had problems with getting the Chinese subtiteld. It all took to long so we changed partners for it and since this morning we have them!!!!
We have them in Word, so Tarik is putting them now in the subtitlemenu himself.
End of this week your debates will be on the site....
so stay put...have patience....we will overcome....:)xxx
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Happy everyday to you
August 24th, 2008, posted by: maartje nevejan
yah studio
saying goodbye to Beijing
23-08-2008
Time to say goodbye.
Never thought Beijing would be such a cool place.
I already miss it.
Thank you so much everyone who helped us and participated.
We will go back to Amsterdam now, and edit all the film material and put it on line.
Pleasae register in our community and make your profile so we can keep you posted.
Thank you people from the Yahstudio, Vinvent who will continue Couscousglobal in Singapore in november, thank you Been, Amanda, Ji...bookmark:
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Finally the Olympics
August 24th, 2008, posted by: maartje nevejan
22-08-2008 Beijing
After Gabrielle stood in line for three hours, we finally got tickets...I do not get it,: it is very difficult to get tickets, but there are lots of empty seats and we hear crowds of Chinese seatfillers are hired to look better on TV.
Any way we are in and enjoy the Olymic spirit in the flesh, after seeing it the whole day on TV like you guys everytwhere. Especially the womens volleyball seems to be on everytime we have to eat.Boxing is OK, the crowd is nicer to look at. All the...
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The day after..in the hutong
August 21th, 2008, posted by: 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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Promo second debate China
China
Chain: China Olympics
August 21th, 2008, posted by: maartje nevejan
This is the group which debated about being young and in the music industry in China... more to see in a few weeks. SHESHE!!!!!
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Beijing Debate
August 21th, 2008, posted by: maartje nevejan
21-8-2008
We had a debate yesterday night in the Yahstudio with lots of people mainly from the musici-ndustry of Beijing.
It was passionate, diverse, open-minded and very interesting. You were great. Thank you all, we had a beautiful evening!!!!!Everybody came. Big group. 15 people, 3 translators, 2 camerawomen, me and Gabrielle.
Most of the people are working in the musicscene:
Techno/house, Chinese Indipop, a Dj and a Hiphop gang, a skater and a few students.
We had a long discussion about music and its role in the world, in China, and in their lifes.
It is hard to make a living with only music in China, all of the people have a regular job as well, accept the hiphop gang, “We just hang around during the...bookmark:
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Talking to the Other
August 20th, 2008, posted by: maartje nevejan
A tribute on Tiananmen square.
"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...bookmark:
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Holland Heineken House(HHH)
August 18th, 2008, posted by: maartje nevejan
And than the Dutch are afraid of the Chinese Nationalism?
HaHaHaAfter the really nice and soft spoken people on the Boat we decided to make a short stop at the HHH.
Maybe the diffrence in atmosphere was just to big , but it was a complete cultureshock.....We heard that Holland was making the best party in the city and that you should go there.
HHH is a palace too big to be true in a pompues style.
Inside all the Orange Dutch Fans were celebrating, hundreds of them. I guess this is how Dutch corporate and city gouvernement life lo...bookmark:
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Being Gay in BJ
August 18th, 2008, posted by: maartje nevejan
Beijng 18-8-2008
Maartje talks to the BJ Homosexual community on The Boat.
Thank you all visitors of the boat, and thank you Ilsa and Michael for a beautiful conversation on Third Culture/ Global Nomad kids.....we should also make a movie about that......I'll be back....The Boat is floating in the embassy neighboorhood.
Classic Chinese views(waterlilys, ponds, bikes, fisherman) and just new skyscrapers are making a new image in my head of Beijing now.The Boat is a meetingpoint og gay and lesbian Beijing but there are lots of gay bars, disco's and dark rooms in BJ. It is very funny that while shooting on deck ,all the young boys whom are standing in front of the embassys are going home for the day and so they march and yell and sing in a milita...
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First Debate Beijing Art Garden
August 17th, 2008, posted by: maartje nevejan
17-08-2008
In the studio of wonderful Sheng Sheng and her family
camara woman: Xao minYou can see the movies of the debate the first week of September.
For now already some pics of my friend Gabrielle Marks, who is the most fantastic guide in this city.The group:
All people were friends of Xao Min from her village near Beijing. They all came from the country to Beijing and live more or less half an hour by car from the city.
Some were still in highschool(or middle school as it is called here) Some were artists, some study in Beijing. Topics we talked ab...bookmark:
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