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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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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Well, it’s official. Mags, Addie and I are all moving to a new apartment at the end of June.
We’ve been talking about moving for quite a while now, and with our lease up next month, it was time to either piss or get off the pot… alright, there was no pots, and I wouldn’t piss [...]
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My friend Rebecca just let me know that Suzhou Bookworm, which also has an affiliated location in Chengdu, is collecting donations to assist those affected by Monday’s horrible earthquake in Sichuan. If any fellow Suzhou expats have means to help, please read the following for details.
The Bookworm’s sister branch in Chengdu has become a focal [...]
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So, as everyone is now well aware, China was hit by a major (7.8) earthquake at 2:30 this afternoon. Current reports cite nearly 9,000 dead, and its effects were felt as far north as Beijing, in the south east in Taipei, and directly east of me in Shanghai.
I had no idea.
At the time I would [...]
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