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Living in Beijing
http://www.mybeijinglife.com
A light-hearted travel blog focusing on Beijing culture and sights, and including regional travel and general commentary on life in China.
- Author: nonpartisans
- Listed in: Travel Destinations
- Tags: beijing travel china travel living in china living in beijing moving to china beijing expat
Recent Posts
Korean Baby Stroller Accidents
America's Funniest Home videos is a show that is imported to TVs all around the world. This is probably because, bloopers rarely need subtitles and its much cheaper to air a show without captions. I've caught some episodes in China, Korea, Thailand...
Flat Metal Korean Chopsticks
I'd heard the legends. A magical city, just across a small sea from China. An evil king to the North and a friendly army based throughout. Some even said their language was written as phonetic letters and not hieroglyphic characters. Others repor...
What is Chinglish?
Every tourist visiting an Asian country (generally Japan or China) feels compelled to take pictures of the mangled English that appears on street signs, restaurant menus, clothing and pretty much everywhere.I'm no exception to this rule, but I think ...
Beijing Ultimate Frisbee Champions
Attentive readers will note that this is the first post I'm making in August. Many of you know the reason for this: Veronica and I were back in the states for a little over 10 days. Those ten days were the busiest, most fun and friendfilled and gen...
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Beijing - The Art of War
Back in the states, once a year or so, I'd meet up with some friends and watch a fight that someone bought on pay per view. It was almost always boxing and usually a well-hyped, big-deal match. I can't say that I ever counted myself among the ranks...
The Chinese fixed my biggest pet peeve
Ni Hao. 你好.China has officially solved one of my largest pet peeves.I'm sure I'm not the only person who thinks the platitude "How're ya doing?" as a greeting ranks tremendously high on the list of social interactions that shouldn't exist.Even t...
