Comments on: China: To blog to dream http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/29/china-to-blog-to-dream/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 28 May 2012 15:55:58 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lonnie http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/29/china-to-blog-to-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-1190656 Lonnie Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:03:14 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/29/china-to-blog-to-dream/#comment-1190656 I am here for the duration....This is my lat stop on the expat railway....David may be headed for graduate school next year (maybe HERE), but with a new language and perspective to take with him... And one of the groups that will benefit from the adventure, The Library Project, is relocating to China and its director, Thomas Stader, is going full-time with the building of libraries in orpahages and rural villages..... We have been planning this for about a year now and just pulling together all the last pieces....We met today with 9 student volunteers who have helped us shape the final thrust of the site...changes will be more evident by week's end... Thanks to John and everyone who has believed this cold really happen... LBH I am here for the duration….This is my lat stop on the expat railway….David may be headed for graduate school next year (maybe HERE), but with a new language and perspective to take with him…

And one of the groups that will benefit from the adventure, The Library Project, is relocating to China and its director, Thomas Stader, is going full-time with the building of libraries in orpahages and rural villages…..

We have been planning this for about a year now and just pulling together all the last pieces….We met today with 9 student volunteers who have helped us shape the final thrust of the site…changes will be more evident by week’s end…

Thanks to John and everyone who has believed this cold really happen…

LBH

]]> By: ResponsibleChina.com » Blog Archive » July 31, 2007: Responsible Bloggers http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/29/china-to-blog-to-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-1190493 ResponsibleChina.com » Blog Archive » July 31, 2007: Responsible Bloggers Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:40:00 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/29/china-to-blog-to-dream/#comment-1190493 [...] China: To blog to dream Global Voices Online July 29, 2007 Two American bloggers based in southern China’s Guangzhou city are gearing up for a year’s worth of blogging trips which will take them through all twenty-two provinces in mainland China and see them raising funds for charities, offering scholarships for Chinese students to go study in the West as well as raising funds to cover medical costs for people struggling with cancer back in the heavily-industrialized Pearl River Delta, where cancer rates run high. [...] [...] China: To blog to dream Global Voices Online July 29, 2007 Two American bloggers based in southern China’s Guangzhou city are gearing up for a year’s worth of blogging trips which will take them through all twenty-two provinces in mainland China and see them raising funds for charities, offering scholarships for Chinese students to go study in the West as well as raising funds to cover medical costs for people struggling with cancer back in the heavily-industrialized Pearl River Delta, where cancer rates run high. [...]

]]> By: ResponsibleChina http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/29/china-to-blog-to-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-1190488 ResponsibleChina Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:17:25 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/29/china-to-blog-to-dream/#comment-1190488 I think what Lonnie and David are doing is great. Just wondering whether they will be bringing Chinese locals on the trip with them? Or if any Chinese citizens themselves have attempted to do something like this? Sometimes, it's hard to make a real difference as an outsider, especially if these charity trips are brief--who is going to sustain these dream projects once Lonnie and David jet-set to their next destination? I think what Lonnie and David are doing is great. Just wondering whether they will be bringing Chinese locals on the trip with them? Or if any Chinese citizens themselves have attempted to do something like this? Sometimes, it’s hard to make a real difference as an outsider, especially if these charity trips are brief–who is going to sustain these dream projects once Lonnie and David jet-set to their next destination?

]]> By: bezdomny ex patria » Blog Archive » The Dreamblogue http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/29/china-to-blog-to-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-1190440 bezdomny ex patria » Blog Archive » The Dreamblogue Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:33:35 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/29/china-to-blog-to-dream/#comment-1190440 [...] but the Dreamblogue seems to be finding it’s feet. They’ve even made it onto Global Voices, which should hopefully bring them some much-needed traffic (more traffic=higher advertising [...] [...] but the Dreamblogue seems to be finding it’s feet. They’ve even made it onto Global Voices, which should hopefully bring them some much-needed traffic (more traffic=higher advertising [...]

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