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r 25 20
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The subtle speed of change in China
There’s nothing new about saying “China’s changing”. What isn’t changing? Life changes.
There’s nothing new about saying “China’s changing fast”. Every Sinophile for the last 25 years has been saying that, and they’re right.
But what gets me is that I’ve got this front-row seat to it all. And frankly, it’s a bit exciting.
Now, my generation – growing up in the technological revolution of the 80s-90s – undoubtedly experienced changes to the world faster than any generation before them, and this is likely to just compound for generations to come.
Even then though, you had a “generation” (y? z?…
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n 06 20
08
What Neverbeens don’t know about China
Well, I’ve returned to my chilly Suzhou apartment after a three week refresher in the “real world” and am slowly getting back into the routine of expat life in China.
Though I still plan to post my wife Maggie’s impressions of Canada, that involves sorting photos and recollecting exactly what we did while away – time consuming endeavors. In the meantime, I thought I’d share some of the things I was somewhat surprised to find out people just don’t know about China.
- By and large people in China wear the same clothes as the rest of the world: This
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