And now news of a barbecue of a different, and much more solemn and purposeful nature - I received word late yesterday from several friends that there will be an emergency fundraising BBQ for their friend Xiao Hua, whom was the victim of a hit and run here in Suzhou on Sunday and is now [...]
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Tagged with: bbq • fundraiser • Suzhou • suzhou bookworm • xiao hua |
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Being that this blog has been around for a while now, and that it consistently lists at the top of the search results for many things “Suzhou”, I tend to get my fair share of e-mails from readers or random passers-by.
Most of these are e-mails from folks moving to Suzhou, or China in general, and [...]
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Tagged with: e-mail • expats in china • Suzhou |
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For all the noise I’ve made about the recent visa situation here in China, or bureaucracy here in general, I tend to forget that this isn’t a China-exclusive thing.
Before I can get my visa renewed next month, I need first to renew my passport. No big deal really, a couple of photos, an application form [...]
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Tagged with: canada • canadian consulate shanghai • canadian embassy china • passport • renewing passports |
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As I mentioned a couple weeks back, we’re moving to a new apartment at the end of the month.
As it is fully furnished (I’ve yet to rent an apartment here that isn’t - though some call into question the definition of “fully”), yesterday we had to head over to the new place and meet with [...]
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Tagged with: chinese apartments • industrial park • renting in china • sip • Suzhou |
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An e-mail to a friend this morning got me thinking about what it’s like to live in China.
By “live”, I don’t mean in the common temporary sense, as a short-term contract teacher or business person might, but rather as someone who has no firm plans on the if and when of their eventual departure.
Moreover, it [...]
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Tagged with: china cost of living • china expatriates • China-expat • living-in-China • standard of living |
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