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Shanghai Metro Improvements & Annoying Gate-Jumpers

Shanghai Metro Improvements & Annoying Gate-Jumpers

How the Shanghai metro and its riders has grown and improved over the years in China, as well as a somewhat physical altercation with a shameless gate-jumper.

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Shanghai Side Streets: Snacks, Sights, & Stories

Shanghai Side Streets: Snacks, Sights, & Stories

Scenes observed in passing, of local Chinese in Shanghai on streets far away from the main avenues familiar to tourists and foreigners. Ever wonder what stories are behind those faces?

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Mosquitoes: How To Deal With These Blood-Suckers In China

Mosquitoes: How To Deal With These Blood-Suckers In China

Warm humid weather in China bringing out the mosquitoes to bite you in the butt? Information, experiences & tips for effectively dealing with the evil mosquito!

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Sea Turtles: Chinese Returnee, 1 Year After Returning To Shanghai

Sea Turtles: Chinese Returnee, 1 Year After Returning To Shanghai

1 year after returning to China from abroad, a Chinese returnee summarizes the differences between China and the United States in life, work, food, and leisure.

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Why Chinglish Deserves A Spot In The Hall Of Fusion Languages

Why Chinglish Deserves A Spot In The Hall Of Fusion Languages

Chinglish is not all about poor grammar and misplaced context. This is according to German Oliver Radtke who is now based in Beijing and blogs about his Chinglish... 

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Can Expats Live In China On 100 RMB/week? 100 RMB/day?

Can Expats Live In China On 100 RMB/week? 100 RMB/day?

A breakdown of day-to-day living expenses suggests it’s very difficult for most urban Chinese & near-impossible for expats to live on 100 RMB/week. But per day?

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Expats In China Don’t Need To Make Chinese Friends

Expats In China Don’t Need To Make Chinese Friends

Expats in China often stick to themselves, either because they find it difficult to make real friendships with local Chinese or because they can’t be bothered.

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2009 China Public Holidays

2009 China Public Holidays

Update: 2010’s Chinese public holiday schedule has been announced. CCTV 1 News Broadcast announced public holiday schedule (Chinese version here) for 2009... 

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ExploreMetro: Useful, Intuitive China Subway Maps & Information

ExploreMetro: Useful, Intuitive China Subway Maps & Information

Every so often you run into something so completely wonderful, it forces you to ask yourself, “how the hell did I never hear of this before?” ExploreMetro... 

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2 New Shanghai Metro Observations: Patience & Top Gear

2 New Shanghai Metro Observations: Patience & Top Gear

Once you’ve been living in China for awhile, you begin filtering out all the background noise and taking many of the things you once marveled at for granted.... 

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“600″- My Film on Expat Foreigners Living in China

“600″- My Film on Expat Foreigners Living in China

My film “600″ which I shot in Shanghai in 2007 has recently been accepted into some major U.S. and international film festivals after a short successful... 

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Shanghai Nights: Dating Diary of a Legendary Expat Mattress Wrestler in China (Tale #1)

Shanghai Nights: Dating Diary of a Legendary Expat Mattress Wrestler in China (Tale #1)

      I have a friend, let’s call him “Terry”, he is a legendary “mattress wrestler”. What is a mattress wrestler? A mattress... 

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Converting chunks of USD into RMB…one day at a time.

Converting chunks of USD into RMB…one day at a time.

There is an utterly amazing perk many American expats or travellers in China can enjoy so long as they’re customers of Bank of America (whom are legion, despite... 

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Getting To Know Beijing’s Subway Line 10 (Part 2)

Getting To Know Beijing’s Subway Line 10 (Part 2)

It’s on with the program. If you didn’t blink, you’ll know where we are — we just introduced Beijing’s Subway Line 10 last week. This... 

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Getting To Know Beijing’s Subway Line 10 (Part 1)

Getting To Know Beijing’s Subway Line 10 (Part 1)

Beijing’s Subway Line 10, slated to open in June 2008, looks at first to be an arc line — the only arc line of its type when it opens. Having just been... 

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