Since I moved to China eight months or so ago, I’ve came across a large amount of challenges. They have ranged from communication breakdowns, to awkward stares, to being witness to things that you just can’t unsmell. However, the question that I have been asked the most by my friends and family back home have …Read More
Rolling into Shanghai’s People’s Square last Sunday, New Zealander Rob Thomson was met with surprisingly little fanfare. No media to greet him, no friends or family to congratulate him. A lonesome end to an amazing journey. The random Chinese man he asked to take his photo to mark the moment had no idea that Thomson …Read More
The streets are clean, the people are smiling, the transportation is free and the staff is able and willing to answer any and all questions. Is this Beijing or Disneyland? The city cannot be compared to any other city in Mainland China. All construction has stopped for the games which not only helps eliminate some …Read More
© James Justin Hey all you fellow laowai in China, Harvard student Wendy Lee is researching how we go about travelling in this big country, and due to the lack of stats about our expat habits available online she’s put together a little survey and asked I tell you about it. Now, personally, I’m always …Read More
© d. Fuka Living, as I do, just outside of Shanghai tends to see me visit The City on “official business” quite frequently. Not only is it the ultra-modern, socio-cultural mecca of Mainland China – it’s also the closest place to Suzhou a Canadian guy can get consular stuff done. Despite having been to “The …Read More
What follows is the third part of a series of posts we’re running by fellow Laowai – Turner Sparks. Turner and his friend Jake decided just sitting around Suzhou and watching quake relief efforts on TV was not good enough, and so hopped into Turner’s car and pointed it towards Chengdu. Read Part I and …Read More
What follows is the second part of a series of posts we’re running by fellow Laowai – Turner Sparks. Turner and his friend Jake decided just sitting around Suzhou and watching quake relief efforts on TV was not good enough, and so hopped into Turner’s car and pointed it towards Chengdu. Read Part I and …Read More
What follows is the first part of a series of posts we’re running by fellow Laowai – Turner Sparks. Turner and his friend Jake decided just sitting around Suzhou and watching quake relief efforts on TV was not good enough, and so hopped into Turner’s car and pointed it towards Chengdu. Read Part II We’re …Read More
The following has in no way been confirmed to be legitimate, however I wanted to post it here to see if anyone had heard anything about this. From the Hangzhou Expat forum: This information has not and most likely will not appear in the press or the media. But a co-worker’s wife who works in …Read More
In what can only be assumed to be fear over increased problems related to the Olympic games, China has cut off multiple entry travel visas, and limited them to 30 days. As Journey to Nowhere reports from the SCMP (which stoically continues to charge for online content): Beijing has stopped issuing multiple-entry visas, risking major …Read More
With Spring Festival just a couple weeks away, time to remind any first-time Laowai to be careful as they venture out in what must be the world’s largest annual mass-migration. Despite being one of the larger stories on Chinese-language news channels, little has been mentioned externally about an accident in Wuhu, Anhui, on January 13, …Read More
Shakes finally remembered the first of the police officers arriving at the scene to adapt to the fourth rule P is to protect the scene of the murder. Angry horn started flooding the air in the early morning Cisco 300-075 Dumps misty, quickly mixed into the Prepexamwell drivers roar angry. A moment later, she heard …Read More
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