<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324301098013537487</id><updated>2011-04-22T07:18:15.933+08:00</updated><category term='Dreaming of mother China'/><title type='text'>Arve goes China</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Arve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08233583348381469529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324301098013537487.post-5740846482627313107</id><published>2007-08-06T20:05:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-08-06T20:16:56.123+08:00</updated><title type='text'>hmmmm..</title><summary type='text'>Due to some diffuculties accessing this site from china...this blog will most probably not be updated any more.   As I do respect the chinese government's dicision,,,,I agree that information and pictures found on this site may lead to some serious face loosing among my fellow comrades and most possibly add fuel to riots or mass incidents..SOme times I do post some pics on facebook taken in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/feeds/5740846482627313107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4324301098013537487&amp;postID=5740846482627313107' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/5740846482627313107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/5740846482627313107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/2007/08/hmmmm.html' title='hmmmm..'/><author><name>Arve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08233583348381469529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324301098013537487.post-6445245070506684498</id><published>2007-07-17T18:33:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-07-17T22:10:33.060+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Peking University  北京大学</title><summary type='text'>Hi there everyone! I guess the fact that I'm back in China, means that my China blog needs an update! Since last time I was here (not a singel bad word about the governments sensorship program...hmmm), blogspot has been partly banned. It means I can only update my blog, but not see my own site or read any comments..   (for you chinese that reads this: stop writing those political statemens of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/feeds/6445245070506684498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4324301098013537487&amp;postID=6445245070506684498' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/6445245070506684498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/6445245070506684498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/2007/07/peking-university.html' title='Peking University  北京大学'/><author><name>Arve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08233583348381469529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_eaAbbNDbdDs/RpybpGDCxPI/AAAAAAAAAEw/5r4j40gQOro/s72-c/SNC11037.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324301098013537487.post-9098311252058367887</id><published>2007-03-05T11:30:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T20:47:54.547+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trip down South</title><summary type='text'> The largest population in the world, The week were all of them travel back to there hometown, and The most troublesome time to get your hands on these precious tickets.  Chinese New Year Festival.     Of course I had to get into the lines!  Craig playing/watching Chinese chess. Seemed like everybody sitting next to us had an opinion of how this was to be played:-)  We were stuck with the hard </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/feeds/9098311252058367887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4324301098013537487&amp;postID=9098311252058367887' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/9098311252058367887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/9098311252058367887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/2007/03/trip-down-south.html' title='Trip down South'/><author><name>Arve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08233583348381469529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_eaAbbNDbdDs/ReuPRg3b0xI/AAAAAAAAADk/9aEFAF3zkJE/s72-c/CIMG0651.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324301098013537487.post-5732249178794394027</id><published>2007-02-20T14:04:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T14:22:51.822+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year!</title><summary type='text'>Quick update from the countryside.  I spent the last days in the village where we celebrated the new year.  It was nice, but the thing I will probably remember the most is the fact that I got food poisened. Not to complain too much about my friend's mothers cooking, but it was probably more than a foreigners stumach could take... So it's been a hard couple of days.In a few hours I'm leaving for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/feeds/5732249178794394027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4324301098013537487&amp;postID=5732249178794394027' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/5732249178794394027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/5732249178794394027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/2007/02/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year!'/><author><name>Arve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08233583348381469529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324301098013537487.post-6440305606824553242</id><published>2007-02-14T16:02:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-02-14T17:34:39.063+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Exercise time!</title><summary type='text'>It sure was about time to check out how the Chinese athletes are doing. Since I didn't bring my sport shoes here, and it is impossible to find a pair in my size, I had to bring my 9.99,- RMB slippers. Though not ideal for the task, I think they did a lasting impression on my fellow comrades, even if they didn't believe me when I said it was the latest from the catwalk inEurope. (What a stupid </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/feeds/6440305606824553242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4324301098013537487&amp;postID=6440305606824553242' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/6440305606824553242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/6440305606824553242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/2007/02/exercise-time.html' title='Exercise time!'/><author><name>Arve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08233583348381469529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_eaAbbNDbdDs/RdLC9SReYZI/AAAAAAAAADA/4xRafGt40h0/s72-c/CIMG0637.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324301098013537487.post-2541183447287649463</id><published>2007-02-03T19:21:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-02-03T23:17:20.830+08:00</updated><title type='text'>And finally the sun is back!</title><summary type='text'> The spring has come to Hangzhou, at least froma Norwegieans point of view. And this is what HZ is all about for all the chinese tourists comingto the city. --&gt; WEST LAKEAnd the sun is finally back, we haven't seenit for 2 weeks.  Celebrating Henriks birthday (the danish guy to the left)As most danish people he has a strong appetite for beer!Nahh..I don't really know this guys, but from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/feeds/2541183447287649463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4324301098013537487&amp;postID=2541183447287649463' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/2541183447287649463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/2541183447287649463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/2007/02/spring-has-come-to-hangzhou-at-least.html' title='And finally the sun is back!'/><author><name>Arve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08233583348381469529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_eaAbbNDbdDs/RcRzz6DYcGI/AAAAAAAAACo/7rR5dwks2vI/s72-c/CIMG0590.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324301098013537487.post-3498631137119948728</id><published>2007-01-31T16:43:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T23:35:36.867+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hard to believe...</title><summary type='text'> It's all about burning DVD's in China. At least that's what the government said they will work especially hard on this year. I was offered Windows Vista here the other day before the official realease date, so guess there is a lot of burnin to do then!!Been a while since my last post here.. The extremelly slow internet speed all of China has experienced lately, must certaintly take the blame. ok</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/feeds/3498631137119948728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4324301098013537487&amp;postID=3498631137119948728' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/3498631137119948728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/3498631137119948728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/2007/01/hard-to-believe.html' title='Hard to believe...'/><author><name>Arve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08233583348381469529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_eaAbbNDbdDs/RcBYkSME3fI/AAAAAAAAACA/W80iwboQkug/s72-c/xin_5201042422421628935223.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324301098013537487.post-9023589318720461546</id><published>2007-01-24T16:53:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T23:40:38.811+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting local with Mr.Wang</title><summary type='text'>Yes..Now I have been here for 3 weeks or so. My chinese is starting to pick up again, and I'm definitely back in the "chinese mode" of life. For the time beeing, I'm sharing an apartment with 4 other students at the school. It's a pretty good life, speaking chinese in the school and english in the evenings. But something says me it's a little bit to convenient. I might going to switch apartment </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/feeds/9023589318720461546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4324301098013537487&amp;postID=9023589318720461546' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/9023589318720461546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/9023589318720461546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/2007/01/getting-local.html' title='Getting local with Mr.Wang'/><author><name>Arve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08233583348381469529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_eaAbbNDbdDs/Rbi06iME3cI/AAAAAAAAABg/0bh3b2c8cNc/s72-c/CIMG0584.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324301098013537487.post-1314318702980409338</id><published>2007-01-19T15:44:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T23:44:01.866+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting settled in Hangzhou</title><summary type='text'>So now I have been around here for a week or so. Havent really had time or opportunity for updatin this "sweety". Apparently there was an earthquake in Taiwan or somethin, so it has been quite a hassle to enter any western web sites. Hmm, those Taiwanese people are always screwing things up arent they?...well together with the japanese of course, maybe that was somewhat like a joint venture going</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/feeds/1314318702980409338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4324301098013537487&amp;postID=1314318702980409338' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/1314318702980409338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/1314318702980409338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/2007/01/pretty-much-settled-in.html' title='Getting settled in Hangzhou'/><author><name>Arve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08233583348381469529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_eaAbbNDbdDs/RbCHHkfx-NI/AAAAAAAAABU/32IgD4_pGls/s72-c/CIMG0543.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324301098013537487.post-435121115383395796</id><published>2007-01-13T21:18:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-01-19T15:39:06.872+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Back in Hangzhou</title><summary type='text'>Well then I am finally back in HZ again, after spending some days in Shanghai. After over 3 months in Norway, my Chinese has seen a serious downturn. Though its still more than good enough for ordering those "jiaozi" (dumplings), along with a cold beer...mmmmhhHopefully it will all come back to me in a couple of weeks.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/feeds/435121115383395796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4324301098013537487&amp;postID=435121115383395796' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/435121115383395796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/435121115383395796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/2007/01/back-in-hangzhou.html' title='Back in Hangzhou'/><author><name>Arve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08233583348381469529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324301098013537487.post-5657041712073168021</id><published>2006-12-15T06:13:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T11:18:44.287+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dreaming of mother China'/><title type='text'>Preperations...</title><summary type='text'>Well....Preperations is not really a good headliner here. The fact is that my motto when travelling is: "the less planning the better". Not that I have been travelling that much during my 23 years, but it strikes me that the best experiences have been in state of "chaos" and when "not-at-all-planned-events" unfold . So preparations will be kept on a absolute minimum. It is somewhat scary though, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/feeds/5657041712073168021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4324301098013537487&amp;postID=5657041712073168021' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/5657041712073168021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4324301098013537487/posts/default/5657041712073168021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motherchina.blogspot.com/2006/12/preperations.html' title='Preperations...'/><author><name>Arve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08233583348381469529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_eaAbbNDbdDs/RYHjVDutufI/AAAAAAAAAAk/fFi3nilX4b4/s72-c/Beijing.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
