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怕事 PaShi In China (Fear Of Getting Involved)

You might have heard of the news story about the overseas student who stabbed his Mom at Shanghai’s Pudong Airport and how only a Foreigner/LaoWai came to her rescue.

When I lived in China I would often slip on that marble and polished concrete they have everywhere when it was wet out. I swear the entire [...]

Shenzhen 30 Years Ago & Today

Similar to the Shanghai Then and Now pictures, here is a photo comparison of Shenzhen.

Above, Shenzhen circa 1970.
And Below, Shenzhen today (2010).

Shanghai 1990 vs 2010

20 years. Wow.

14 More Things About China

1. People in China don’t call it China. They call it ZhongGuo or ZhongGhua. Zhong means middle. See the character on the left how its a line going through the middle of a box? That’s Zhong. Now Guo is a little more tricky since two characters mean Guo. The gif below will assist you. Most [...]

Signs In China

I’ll add more as I find them. It’s true though, in China the signs are pretty blunt.

Typical Dinner Date In China

Pretty much how it goes from what I can gather…

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 [...]

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