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  • Seeing Beijing: Today Art Museum

    Seeing Beijing: Today Art Museum

    Is there anything near you that people have talked about or that you have meant to go see but, since it’s so close, you just never get around to doing it? Well, for me, that’s the Today Art Museum in Shuangjing District in Beijing. The Today Art Museum was founded was Zhang Baoquan as a…

  • All is quiet on China’s National Day

    All is quiet on China’s National Day

    Seventy one years “New China” has been in existence, since Mao ZeDong raised the red flag with five golden stars that would represent the nation. This flag-raising now takes place every sunrise and sunset regardless of the weather. On the 1st, 11th, and 21st of every month, a band accompanies the soldiers in raising the…

  • Three weeks of vacation

    Three weeks of vacation

    As normally happens around this time of year for me, my contract is  up for renewal which means I have to use my vacation days before the contract expires in November. Unlike other jobs, my unused vacation days don’t carry forward.  So, starting from September 27 until some time in the middle of October, I’m…

  • Seeing Beijing: Burger Fest 2020

    Seeing Beijing: Burger Fest 2020

    We missed the Great Leap Back ally Chili cookoff but we didn’t miss theBeijinger’s Burgerfest.  It is one of those events you hear about and always think “Yea, I’d like to go some time” but then never do. This year, in league with my idea of seeing something around Beijing or China every week, I…

  • September already and a change up of scheduling

    September already and a change up of scheduling

    It’s hard to believe that it’s already September but it does seem like things are slowly getting back to normal. We still have quite a few health and hygiene measures in place here in Beijing but some have been relaxed, notably wearing a mask. Now that nine months of 2020 has passed I can’t help…

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