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xiaophil
Posted on: Progress Tracking and Grammar Guide
June 8, 2010 at 12:13 AMMore interesting than American football? What about all the strategy mixed with pure power? What about two military forces lining up much like the forces of Alexander the Great and the King of Persia would have over two thousand years ago, then trying to do what all generals did up until a hundred years ago, namely break through the enemy's line. How is that not interesting? (Not that most American's look at it that way.)
By the way, I actually am not a sports fan, so I really don't care, but I fail to see how soccer is far more interesting. Not enough scoring, so it just looks like people running around kicking a ball for a very long time. (Okay, soccer fans, come learn me, haha.)
Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
June 7, 2010 at 8:02 AMJohn
That seems like a very good reason. I imagine no Chinese official wants to be known as "the imbecile who ruined Qin Shihuang's tomb for all successive generations" ten thousand years from now. I can't help but wonder if another reason is that they just don't want to be the ones to reveal that the tomb is actually a big disappointment, i.e. no big mercury pools, booby traps, detailed maps, etc. Or more likely, there is an alien cocoon in there that they don't want to disturb.
Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
June 7, 2010 at 7:56 AMPretzellogic
That could be a factor, but I imagine they would proceed very slowly so as to avoid this potential problem.
Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
June 7, 2010 at 7:55 AMChangye
I actually read something similar in a history book I read by J.A.G. Roberts (obviously not a Chinese man, heh).
Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
June 7, 2010 at 6:06 AMDoes anyone know why the government doesn't dig up Qin Shihuang's tomb? They know precisely where it is. It seems like they would be dying to get inside there. I have heard people say that it is because it had booby traps, but I can't believe that that would really stop them.
Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
June 7, 2010 at 6:03 AMHaha, I also road a bike around the city wall. I really loved it.
Posted on: Thank You Note
June 6, 2010 at 4:01 PMI think this link might spell it out for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive
Posted on: Sina's Microblogs
June 4, 2010 at 10:06 AMChangye
Once I did notice a video but not the website itself was blocked while using a VPN that was directing traffic through America. After turning of the VPN, I could watch the video in China.
Posted on: Talking Numbers
June 4, 2010 at 4:19 AMThe buses they were referring to ran on the outskirts. I guess it has been a long time since such buses have been used in the city itself.
Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
June 8, 2010 at 12:30 AMWell, maybe it's true!