This major documentary series is a vehicle for promoting the Lancang-Mekong River Region to the rest of the world. It serves to enhance mutual understanding among people living in the region, and demonstrates the friendship among the six countries. It also stands as a symbol of the success of their exchange in the fields of television and the arts.
Nourished by the Same River comprises 20 parts, each focusing on a unique topic. The series was shot in over 200 locations, from the ruby mines, Shwedagon Pagoda, Mandalay and Bagan in Myanmar, to the renowned Angkor Wat and Lake Tonle Sap in Cambodia; from the tropical rainforests and the Khon Phapheng Falls in Laos, to Kao Yai National Park and Elephant Village in Thailand; from Cuu Long River Plain and the ancient city of Hue in Vietnam, to great sites of cultural and aesthetic interest in Yunnan and Guangxi in China’s southwest.
I (Graeme, Ed of Kaixin with Xiaosui) am a mature age adult and I have never been good a learning a language.
I studied online for 5 years and I knew a LOT about how to speak Chinese.
BUT, I could not speak it!
Then I met a wonderful woman who is to be my wife.
She spoke little English so I had to stumble through my rudimentary Chinese.
She is very very patient and I was soon speaking with some fluency. It was still simple Chinese and I am sure many of the tones are wrong, but she can understand.
I then realized that if I had done that from the very beginning I would be fluent by now.
You can't learn a language by just studying it.
You have to use it from the very beginning.
So don't waste 5 years like I did, start with an online tutor from eteacher and you will soon be speaking your new language fluently.
Chinese Students, the same applies to you. You will not learn English UNLESS you use it.
Xiaosui's Books
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Xiaosui (Ed of Kaixin) grew up during the Cultural Revolution. These are personal stories about those times and of the wisdom she learned from her father, who taught her "how to face the life."
