Liam Bates, who has occasionally contributed to GenevaLunch for the past four years as a travel writer, is interviewed in English Tuesday 22 March by China Daily about the art of hitchhiking in China. “Smile” is the first tip, as he recounts his travels across the country. GenevaLunch readers will recognize him as one of […]
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Interview: Swiss student gives Chinese TV crowds a taste of their country
[/caption] Update: Liam won third place in the 2010 competition Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Liam Bates arrived home to the Lake Geneva region in Switzerland from China 28 July with more than the six-month scholarship he won from the Chinese government as a finalist in its international university competition for Mandarin speakers: he had a […]
Tsering Shakya, top expert on Tibet, on country’s youth
Republished with permission Liam Bates, from Saint Prex, Vaud, who attends the University of British Columbia in Canada, contributes feature and travel articles to GenevaLunch. In mid-March 2009 he won a speech contest sponsored by the Chinese government, “Chinese Bridge,” to find the best Chinese speaker among Canadian university students. In August 2009 he competes […]
TRAVEL / Getting high on Shangri-La
Shangri-La, China (GenevaLunch) Shangri-La: a mystical and isolated paradise in the depths of Western Tibet. By Liam Bates British writer James Hilton described this mythical valley in his 1933 novel Lost Horizon, and Shangri-La has gained world fame since. Nearly 80 years since Lost Horizon and Shangri-La came to be, dozens of “Shangri-Las” have sprung […]