Tag: living in Beijing
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What’s it like to live in China?
I write this post in an effort to give some idea of what it’s like to live in China, Beijing in particular, seeing as though I’ve only ever lived in the nation’s capital and only travelled through other parts of the country. I should make it clear that someone living in a Tier 1 city…
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An Update on the Progress of Me Learning Chinese
So some of you may be wondering how my Chinese lessons are going. Well, I have yet to start them this semester. It’s hard to believe that it’s already nearing the end of April and I haven’t taken a class yet. Whether it was sickness or meetings, we just haven’t arranged to get together yet. But it’s not like…
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Going out; Beijing Delivery; Mandarin Lessons; CPop
Going out. I’ve been going out a bit more lately around Beijing, usually a sign that I’m getting restless and it’s almost time to get back to work. I’ve spent the last month basically sitting around and reading. I’ve gone to a few brew pubs and walked around the hutong-rich area of Nan Lou Gu Xiang. Nan Lou…