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Today, reading through the English Danwei China-related site, I was happy to come across another fellow Israeli - living in China - who runs an active blog called The Wok about all things Chinese.
In the few months that I've been back, I've spent some time trying to find more people like myself who are interested in Asia, and the somewhat sad truth is that there aren't that many to go around.
So, I thought I'd mention the few sites that I do know about which focus on Asian culture, language and experiences from an Israeli perspective. All of those sites are, naturally, in Hebrew, but since it didn't seem to bother Danwei's English-speaking readers, then it might be interesting here as well.
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I've mentioned The Gate to China a few times before. It hasn't been updated recently, although I do see Mei11 administrating the Tapuz forum for Chinese Culture (there's also one for Japanese culture). Gate to China provides a good introduction to the Chinese culture - music, movies, media, links, Chinese tips and other great stuff. For an Israeli interested in Chinese culture The Gate to China and the Tapuz forums are great places to start off.
Other blogs provide experiences of Israelis traveling and living in China :
Her Shangrila, writing for Ynet's travel journal, talks about life in Lijiang…
Omiz writes some amusing "stories from the Gutter"…
A new Israeli mother writes about the difficult task of raising a baby in China without knowing a word in Chinese…
Soon to join those, is Ori - my friend, who's leaving for China in a month or so for a year++ of exploring and English teaching.
Finally, the home for those studying Chinese in Israel (especially at the Hebrew University) is the Chinese Garden, which - hopefully - will soon find a new remodelled home at the newly aquired chinese-garden.net.
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That's all, I'm afraid. Now you might understand why it's a special occasion finding another blog to join this very humble list. Do let me know if I missed any other Israeli Asian-related websites. I'd be happy to get to know more…
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Omiz
| October 21st, 2006 at 9:00 am #
Am I on the map???
Dash to Ori…
fiLi
| October 21st, 2006 at 10:11 am #
You’re up there (Stories from the Gutter), but you changed your blog title, haven’t you?
Ori’s in China now. You’ve got a better chance to say Hi to him than I have.
Omiz
| October 21st, 2006 at 12:39 pm #
Of course I know it’s up there…and YES, I have changed it, and will change it again in the future ! BTW, the previous name before “stories from the gutter” was סין מבט מלמטה , which is, as they say, same same but different…
Colin
| December 10th, 2006 at 4:18 pm #
I suspect that you have not “found” my site. I’ve been in China since 1998. The site is in English and deals in general with the provision of services and solutions for expatriates and for business. Go though and have a look at the two irrigation pages (especially making the desert bloom) and see the Israel connection
[url]http://www.china-expert.org/Irrigation-taking-Israeli-know-how-to-China[/url]
Colin
| December 10th, 2006 at 4:21 pm #
Not sure if my previous attempt reached you. Check out this http://www.china-expert.org/Irrigation-taking-Israeli-know-how-to-China also about Israelis in China
fiLi
| December 11th, 2006 at 8:28 am #
Ah, nice. Thanks for the link. Yeah, I’ve heard about a few projects of this type.
(I think some recent comments didn’t survive the hosting transfer. Duibuqi…)
Colin
| December 11th, 2006 at 9:41 am #
Not sure exactly where you are based or what you do, but I am based in Beijing.
If you have any friends or acquaintances coming this way will be happy to provide local ground support. We speak Ivrit, English, Mandarin and Cantonese and are used to dealing with “new assignees” and first time visitors.
We have uploaded a lot of free information to our website [url]http://www.china-expert.org[/url] (in English not Ivrit). Please note, most of the other services that we provide are fee based not free.
fiLi
| December 11th, 2006 at 1:29 pm #
Oh, I see. So there are some Israelis already working in your company? (:O). Would you tell a bit of some of the companies you already work with in Israel? (there’s the business forum in Hebrew, I’m sure you know about…).
I know about quite a few Israelis who would love to come and work for you, if you’re hiring.
Colin
| December 12th, 2006 at 12:02 pm #
At present we have no need for extra China based staff.
However, will be happy to hear from anyone who wishes to partner with us or use our services. We provide Services and Solutions for Doing Business in China, with China and for Expatriates.
In 2006 for example, we have sourced numerous products, have established manufacturing base for a client, done market research, provided Destination Services for new assignees and organised 3 large scale events (including a Chinese language and culture fair, and brought a special London West End Musical to Beijing).
I suggest if you want further info you phone me or contact me via e-mail.
Which business forum do you mean? Do you mean the Export Institute?
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