Still unable to post most entries and no photos at all, the Great Firewall is successfully preventing the previous knowledge of tea to escape to the West!
Day 3, Fuding
All views and opinions written by these tea adventures blog entries, of course, are solely my own, and not a reflection of Teance or anyone else in the company. Disclaimers are useless in the age of the information overload- anything can be lifted, copied, and twisted for the benefit of whoever. However, in the tradition of freedom of speech, which is a rapidly diminishing treasure for one of…
The gloriousness of a place like Hangzhou
The gloriousness of a place like Hangzhou, its historical significance for the educated and artistic elite is like no other. Today, Hangzhou is one of the few places one can comfortably visit in China without wanting to jump off the building.
The Tiger Run
Behind a little known temple in the back of the mountain is a running stream from the same source as the Tiger Run Spring, the famous sweet tasting water that not only nourishes the tea plants, but brews an unparalleled cup of Dragonwell. This secret water source is where all the tea masters like Mr. Dai go to get water to brew their own tea. Free from tourists, he said. So I can not disclose its…
The Great Firewall
Since my blog was going to be held hostage anyway, my self censorship is now short lived. Autocracy, intent to control information and people’s minds at all costs, complete lack of any long term vision of building a country of fulfilling lives of creativity and value, its people only existing to be ruled as easily as possible…. I suppose that’s pretty much what most countries and their leaders…
The Formidable Great Firewall
The trouble is, I am in different places all the time, and only pockets of holes in the wall allows me to post. It has become more and more difficult to post anything on this blog for a couple of days now. Even self censorship has not yielded any results.