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So you’ve learned some Chinese, seen a few Zhang Yimou movies and now you want to see what Chinese music has to offer? In this article I’ll share some experiences on how to find and download Chinese music. “Chinese” is used in the broadest possible sense — including music from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, [...]

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Finally, my thesis is completed and published! It is the product of work I did at Opera Software’s Beijing office last autumn and I have spent a lot of time writing the thesis report and preparing the final presentation. In short, I’ve implemented a fancy type of stroke fonts by building on well-known vector graphics [...]

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再见,我的北京

我本月一日已经离开了北京,我正在黑暗冷清的瑞典生活。在北京那一年半的时间只能说是我生活中最精彩的,大胆地过日子,过得快乐。去北京之前我跟自己说绝不要谈恋爱,到时候怎么忍受分离?不过,思想的力量不如爱情,结果我在北京语言大学爱上了我的越南同学。遇见爱是唯一最重要的事,但我对北京的好感不只源于爱情的记忆。反而,我认为北京固有一种魅力,一个使我念念不忘的气氛。一般说起北京的优点都会提长城、故宫、京剧、烤鸭等传统的象征。长城是很长,颐和园是很伟大,可是给我印象更深的却是最小的事。在路边买烤栗子、在教室里分析“而”的语法、在五道口吃石锅拌饭、劳动节和女朋友在后海无计划地逛逛、在电影院看姜文的作品、在KTV厅唱周杰伦——这是我的北京。
瑞典著名作家佩尔·安德斯·福格尔斯特龙(Per Anders Fogelström)的小说《我的梦想的城市》描写了一个普通工人在十九世纪的斯德哥尔摩的生活。除了家庭故事以外,小说还充满了他对斯德哥尔摩的热爱和希望。描述的是一个发展中的城市,一个“活着”的城市。北京现在同样不停地变,也带着希望往前冲。更多新高楼和汽车不见得是百分好的事情,但反正无人能否认北京有“心跳”。我在北京的时候还渐渐发觉了不仅仅是北京在变,而且北京改变了我。也许任何在国外生活的人都会受新的语言和文化的影响,但我确实低估了它的力量。我并不是说我变成了中国人(我不会也不愿),而是说通过中国的文化发现瑞典的思想未必都完美,自己的一些成见也显然不正确。反过来中国也有它的缺点,可是我相信中国人民能管好自己,不用我说。
失去了后才懂得珍惜是人之常情,现在我连北京的出租车司机也想!或许太多空气污染影响我的脑子……无论如何我知道我早晚会再去北京,再去我的梦想的城市。

喔对了,我不是直接回瑞典来的,先去越南看了我的宝贝。一切都好,你们不用担心!

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First something about Thursday’s gig at Mao. Snapline opened the show with electro-pop-rock and English vocals delivered in a “slowly going crazy” but yet charismatic manner. Next in line was what I came to see – Carsick Cars. As they entered I noticed that two of the members are actually shared with Snapline. The music, [...]

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Carsick Cars is a fairly new Beijing rock band which I discovered via MusicBrainz only yesterday. After listening to the repetetive lyrics and riffy guitar of 中南海 (Zhōngnánhǎi) I think I’m hooked! The title refers to the name of a popular brand of cigarettes, but Zhongnanhai is also the name of the area to the [...]

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I’m sorry. Life is good!

I’m sorry that I haven’t updated my blog in such a long time. I’m sorry that I’ve written too much in Chinese. I’m sorry that I am in Beijing when all of my friends are not. I’m sorry that I’m not going to translate that article about me until I write my memoirs.
Since my last [...]

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The 1937 Chinese film Crossroads is now available on archive.org.

看得出来,我是电影迷。今天又推荐一部影片:1937年的《十字街头》。

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The 1934 Chinese film The Big Road is now available on archive.org.

今天又上传了一部电影:孙瑜1934年导演的《大路》。我还没看完,不过影片开头的合唱镜头很好玩:轰!轰!轰!哈哈哈哈!轰!我们是开路的先锋……

以前上传过的电影 Previously uploaded films

《铁扇公主》Princess Iron Fan
《骄傲的将军》The Conceited General
《马路天使》Street Angel
《小城之春》Spring in a Small Town

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Xiamen (厦门) is a coastal city in Fujian province, China. It was one of the first cities to open up to foreign investment in the 1980’s and has seen good economic growth since. Only 16 km from the city center, Tenglong Aromatic PX is constructing a 10.8 billion RMB chemical plant that is expected to [...]

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This Friday I’m going to do something rather stupid: I’m going to sing on a stage for the first time in more than four years, in Chinese. It’s actually just outtakes for a talent contest at school, so it’s hardly important. Anyway, the song is Be Your Man (做你的男人) by Jeff Chang (张信哲) and to [...]

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