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Category Archives: Living in China
2012 — Strange “Plans” Across China
Recently I came across an article on-line that was citing that the movie "2012" (Sony Pictures, Roland Emmerich) which had a luke warm reception in the US (yes, lots of special effects, but not much of a deep thought in … Continue reading
A Posting from Another Blog – Covers the Issues that Exist Today with Air Travel Security Checks
There have been already multiple cases of pretty aggressive behavior from the TSA agents at multiple airports. Just recently came at also a bit of a negative experience when crossing the security check point at that airport. This artcile – … Continue reading
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Fluency in the Chinese Language and Chinese Experience
Recently one of the well read blogs www.lostlaowai.com published an article which I thought was interesting and made me think…. They were questioning the notion of Chinese language proficiency. I myself have been asked many times the same question "Are … Continue reading
And now lets go back in time to 1988-1989 Shanghai….
Over the last several weekends I have been scanning old photos — some from the 1960s with me as kid, my parents…..Some of my early years in China. First there was the year in Beijing. Then I moved to Shanghai. … Continue reading
Chengdu Dancing Stars…What to do on a hot summer afternoon…
I have encountered (very often) interesting activities performed in various Chinese city parks. One of them has always been public dances — you do not have to wait long or stroll through too many parks before you encounter a place … Continue reading
Posted in Living in China, Observations, Places to visit in China
Tagged blogsherpa, Chengdu, China
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Some more interesting photos of the Great Wall at MuTianYu
Well, so I figured that lots of visitors enjoy the photos on this blog so I decided to post some more — as the title of the posting states – these are images from The Great Wall at MuTianYu about … Continue reading
Posted in Living in Beijing, Living in China, Places to visit in China
Tagged blogsherpa, China, Great Wall, Mutianyu
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When is the right time to visit The Great Wall in China ????
When is the best time to visit the Great Wall???? Well when no one else is thinking about it We had such a moment this March — the Wall (at Mutianyu) looked practically uninhabited — there hardly any visitors…as you … Continue reading
Posted in Living in China, Places to visit in China
Tagged blogsherpa, China, The Great Wall
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Beijing Duck – Years later…. Still a Great Delicacy, but which is the BEST restaurant?
Over the years I have eaten the famous Beijing KaoYa (Roast Duck) many times and have often asked myself “how do they do it”? How is it prepared? So here is what I understand to be the long process of … Continue reading
Posted in Living in Beijing, Living in China, Observations, restaurants
Tagged Beijing, blogsherpa, China
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What to pay attention to in planning a trip across China-Hong Kong Border for the cases when your time is short
Here is the follow up summary to the experience I had recently in crossing the Shenzhen to Hong Kong border crossing. If you are planning to take a flight from Hong Kong airport and you need to get there from … Continue reading
Posted in China Business, Frequent Flyer, Living in China, Observations
Tagged blogsherpa, China, shenzhen
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Crossing from Shenzhen into Hong Kong for a Flight from Hong Kong Airport
This week I had to take a flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, CA. This was after a several day stay in Shenzhen. On Friday night after all business was done, I checked with the hotel I was staying … Continue reading
Posted in China Business, Frequent Flyer, Living in China, Observations
Tagged blogsherpa, China, shenzhen
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