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Waiguoren Critic of South China

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The life of a foreign devil struggling to survive in the Middle Kingdom. He travels, writes, reads, and does lots of other useless stuff that make for interesting reading.

Added on: Mar 31st, 2008
Country: China
Language: English

Author: Matthew
Listed in: Personal Travel
Tags: travel reviews china Chinese shenzhen

Recent Posts

More Truth About Shenzhen

Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 11:50 in news, shenzhen

This article from China Daily really doesn't come as much of a surprise to me. I'm more surprised that they actually reported on it.According to the article, the number one emotional/mental health issue in Shenzhen is extramarital affairs. It seems t...
China is Listening

Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 10:02 in news, china, law

The Chinese government wants to make the use of eavesdropping in corruption investigations legal, according to today's China Daily. Now, take a second to think about that sentence again.You're probably thinking, but China already spies on its citizen...
Stuffed

Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 22:40 in food, celebration

I finally recovered from my birthday food coma.Friday, my wonderful wife cooked dinner for my friend, brother, and me before we went out to celebrate in Jersey City. We were all shocked when we saw the table completely full of food. She made 麻辣�...
Birthday Memory

Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 12:45

Tomorrow is my birthday--the first birthday I will celebrate in the US in four years (and first in New Jersey in six).My first birthday in China was full of small surprises. I had been in China three weeks and the school hadn't fixed my phone, so my ...
Revaluing the Yuan

Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 09:24 in china, money, Economy

Since Obama planned his trip to China there has been speculation as to whether or not he'd press China to revalue the Yuan. Rumors of revaluation pop up at least once a year, and occassionally the rumors are true (when I first moved to China at the e...
Work of (Iron) Art

Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 18:31 in art, thailand

This week's Friday photo is from Bangkok. I was reminded of this cool ironwork after meeting an ironwork artisan down the street--he makes a lot of functional art from scrap metal and wood (it's quite plentiful when they tear down some of the older b...