The old China bookworm

Written by Julen Madariaga on March 24th, 2009

Today it was a calm morning, the perfect Sunny day to take a long lunch break like we do back in homeland. So at midday sharp I took my bike and rode over to my new favourite reading spot. It is a bright, silent cafe, where reading is the main part of the menu. I am into a great book at the moment — I will write about it soon.

The place is called in English “The Old China Hand”, and I find this funny, because the atmosphere has little to do with China hands, but rather with tea-drinking ladies and nerdy bookworms. Perhaps it’s a good example of the connotation of a word being lost in translation. It is a Chinese cafe, but their coffee is not bad.

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Mar
25
3:33
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Robert Woo
是上海绍兴路上的书店么？

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Mar
25
11:06
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uln
Yes, you got it right. You can check out their website at http://www.han-yuan.com

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Mar
26
10:15
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fu ting
So happy you like it!

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Apr
6
10:06
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China Business Stories
Sounds like a great place to relax.. Unfortunately I haven’t been to Shanghai yet, but I’ll definitely remember this place and will also recommend it to some friends of mine who are working in Shanghai at the moment Thanks!

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Apr
7
9:19
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胡让之
GOOD TO FIND A HIDING PLACE… THEIR TEA IS GERAT (AND IT SEEMS YOU CAN STAY THERE AS LONG AS YOU CAN, THE BEST PART OF IT)

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May
14
1:54
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Iris Strange
汉源书店，nice place,i went there quite often in 2006.
btw,you should drop to my work place some day!We have a big garden ,definitely you will like it.

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May
17
8:54
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JiaJia Sunshine
a cool place to relax, read books and meet friends

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