Shanghai shines while a waltz waits
May 29, 2013
By Katie Angus Shanghai is a compelling city. The colourful streets are bustling with street sellers, fruit shops, market stalls and dumpling stands wherever you look and whether it is dawn or dusk it seems the whole city is streaming with shoppers, workers, tourists and locals. It would be a lie to say Shanghai comes alive at night …
China: Harry Potter, friendship and shimmering fireworks
May 27, 2013
By Katie Angus So this week I started my academic term at Ningbo. I take four modules here, pretty much the same as at Nottingham UK but without Analysing Performance and Old English, and with a different module: Approaches to Language and Literature. This module, taught by self-professed J.K Rowling cynic and feminist Derek Irwin, …
Visiting China’s ancient capital Xi’an
May 25, 2013
Xi’an is China’s ancient capital, and the third most popular tourist destination after Beijing and Shanghai. So it was without hesitation that after Spring Festival’s homestay, I hopped onto the next cheap flight. A shuttle bus between the airport and the city centre operates from first til last arriving planes, costing just 26 yuan. It …
Great wall Marathon: Race Day
May 24, 2013
Nerves As my group was called up to begin the race I was experiencing one of the most severe cases of nerves I’ve ever had. Looking around at the other athletes, my heart sank as I noticed the majority of them were running the half marathon rather than the full. I overheard an Aussie, built …
An English student in China
May 17, 2013
By Katie Angus I’ve been at Ningbo for four days now, and the first impression I have of China is that truly, it is like nowhere else on Earth. I came from the School of English at Nottingham to the Division of English at Ningbo for this Spring Semester and when I tell other international …
Second lessons
May 14, 2013
Time flies and I have already been a UNNCer for half a year. ‘Second lessons’ is the idea Professor Yang stressed at the welcome ceremony in last September. This is not new for Hong Kong students at all as we are encouraged to do voluntary services and participate in extra-curricular activities since childhood. But the …
How to get married, China-style
May 10, 2013
In London you often hear the cliché, “you wait for the bus all day then two come along at the same time”. Maybe that’s not quite the right analogy, but having never been to a wedding in the UK, after a week in Yunnan I had been to two. The first big marriage ceremony …
Eating out in Ningbo
May 8, 2013
I am Cherry, a final year student at UNNC. I have been in Ningbo for almost three years now. These past years have been very memorable and during them I have had the chance to get to know people from all over the world. After having spent a significant amount of time here in the …
Training for the Great Wall part two
As I’ve got more confident I have branched out in my training not only with distance but diversity. My favourite run takes in the stark contrast between urban and rural China. My apartment is literally on the edge of the city, as within the space of 500 meters the bright lights, modern streets and posh …
Celebrating Holi in China
May 3, 2013
Hello everybody!! I know it’s been a while since I last wrote but here I come with Holi celebrations in China. Holi is spring festival celebrated as a festival of colours. It used to a be religious festival of Hindus, but in the last few years it has become popular with other communities and regions …
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