Category Archives: China, Sweden, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Culture, Travel, Literature,

This blog is a dialogue between two friends, one from China, one from Sweden, about travel, cultural connections and differences, daily life and literature.

Skyscrapers – symbols of a city

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Jie&Karin

    One skyscraper in Sweden Karin: Do you remember Jie, when you were in Sweden and we went to Malmo, the third biggest city in Sweden, in the very south. There we saw the Turning Torso, the one and only skyscraper … Continue reading →

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Mid-Autumn Festival in China, 中秋节- time for Moon cakes!

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Jie&Karin

  The moon rising above the sea, we share, far, far away as you may find yourself.      Zhang Jiuling (translated by Qiu Xiaolong)     Worship of the full moon in September The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important festivals … Continue reading →

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The China Pavilion , – Shanghai World Expo 2010 revisited

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Jie&Karin

     Shanghai World Expo 2010, revisited 2011 Karin has just returned to Sweden from a couple of weeks in Shanghai, where she teached at a summer course for students from Nordic universities, at Fudan university. But she also had a few … Continue reading →

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Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear plant disasters in Japan

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Jie&Karin

Both Karin and Jie have found it difficult to write the blog the last week, our minds are so filled with the disasters in Japan. Our thoughts go everyday to Japan and the Japanese people. Such terrible disasters, just too … Continue reading →

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The mystery with the bamboo scroll

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Jie&Karin

The last 3 weeks Karin has been in China, spending some time in Yunnan, and Jie has been busy with the Asian games going on in Guangzhou. We had little time to write, but now Karin is back in Sweden … Continue reading →

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Old traditions and modern times

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Jie&Karin

  Karin gives some glimpses from Su Hua´s book “Ancient  melodies”.   (The drawings are Su Hua´s own illustrations in the book) Su Hua´s book “Ancient melodies” is based on her own life as a child in a wealthy family around 1915 in … Continue reading →

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Ancient melodies…

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Jie&Karin

Karin has moved back to Sweden from China, and she has been totally exhausted by all the packing up and organizing of things, with no time to think of the blog. Till one day she found a book…  (here is … Continue reading →

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Chinese restaurants with western characteristics

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Jie&Karin

This week Karin reflects over Chinese restaurants in China and in Sweden       Hi Jie,      Believe it or not, in my father´s hometown, a small town in northern Sweden with 20 000 inhabitants, there are two Chinese restaurants. One … Continue reading →

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Ljusnan- a small basket or a big river? Karin´s trip to northern Sweden

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Jie&Karin

I have just been to see my father again in northern Sweden. He is 94 years old and living in an old people´s home, since he is handicapped and sitting in a wheelchair. Life is not so fun at that … Continue reading →

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Qing Ming Festival in the countryside

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Jie&Karin

Traditional life in the countryside- has it changed?     Jie received the book “Snowflower and the Secret Fan” written by Lisa See, from Karin as a gift on her graduation. The book is about women´s life in the 19th … Continue reading →

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