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My Chinese New Year

I dropped my friend Li Hong Yen at the train station last night and there was a sea of Chinese people there heading home.  Well actually not quite heading home, waiting to head home on a train where they sometimes have to stand for dozens of hours.
It was shocking to see all those people camped [...]

Riding Taxi Cabs In Shenzhen

Welcome to take the Shenzhen Taxi. Please buckle up your seat belt and exit on the right.
This message plays after the driver dips the red vacant sign that starts the meter.  One of the first things that you’ll notice is that there isn’t a female end for the seat belts. And you’ll wish [...]

Thanksgiving In Changsha, Hunan Province

Shenzhen is full of thieves, prostitutes and hustlers.
That  said, it has a bad side too.