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A website about Dalian built and run by the community of Dalian, Northeast China. This website was made to make life in Dalian easier. We have maps and listings of restaurants, business, cafes and bars, our community blog is open for all, and we have an active collection of Dalian experts ready to answer your questions. Join the fun by creating and account and logging in, learn more about what we offer here.

Clear sky
  • Clear sky
  • Temperature: 4 °C / 39.2 °F, feels like -1.4 °C / 29.4 °F
  • NW, 32.4 km/h
  • 1017 hPa
  • 38 %
  • 10 km
  • Sunrise: 6:08am
  • Sunset: 5:59pm

Upcoming Events in Dalian

  • ICD Badminton - Tuesdays Tue, 2010-03-16 13:30
    Every Tuesday of January and February 2010 at 1.30pm for a fun and energizing hour of indoor badminton. No racket? No pr...
  • Olive Garden's Tuesday Pizza Pasta All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Tue, 2010-03-16 18:00
    Olive Garden, located behind Pizza King on Renmin Road (Pizza King is roughly opposite the Shangre-La, the other side of...
  • St Patrick's Day - March 17th Wed, 2010-03-17 00:00
    Or Guinness Day, will be on 17th March. I noticed that in Beijing they're celebrating by having a Guinness price war, wi...

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Blogs, Questions, Photography

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Guanxi: Someone's friend's cousin's son does not a good client make.

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By Alex on Mon, 2010-03-15 15:48

China's full of a system that is so not mysterious, so not special, and so not uniquely Chinese I'm amazed it gets so many column inches.  In Chinese it is called guanxi, which translates pretty directly to 'System which arises as there's no transparent oversight, no rule of law, and/or an ineffective system of retribution (probably because of said lacking oversight and rule of la Read more »

HaoTing.com - Music Down Your Cable

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By Alex on Sat, 2010-03-13 12:55

A couple of years ago a friend introduced me to the website haoting.com, and I'm amazed I've not shared it since.  The website is hosted in Dalian, and streams music from China, Japan, Korea and Europe/America.  It's pretty fast, especially from China, but is capable of streaming to the US and Europe too.  Here's how to use it:

Kangaroo vs Jinshitan Taxi Drivers

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By Alex on Fri, 2010-03-12 10:30

I was forwarded this by email from Kangaroo Bar in KFQ/Jinshitan.  As indicated in the mail, don't forward it to anyone you don't know.

Eleven Tigers Starve in 2010 in Shenyang Zoo

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By Alex on Thu, 2010-03-11 22:39

Pretty disappointing to see this.  Not because it's the year of the tiger, just disappointing, even for country-hick zoos, even for nearby Shenyang.

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