Mid-Autumn Festival
Xiamen is preparing itself for a celebration. It is the mid-autumn festival here in China, one of the most important celebrations of the year. Don’t be confused, as we are end of September and you are thinking it is the…
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Blog Censure in China!?
Bloggers from Xiamen, China – like my friend Tina and I - are happy to post blog entries for you to enjoy (as long as we can guess the menus in mandarin), but guess what… we cannot read them ourselves!
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Chinese Food Etiquette
An evening at the restaurant with Chinese hosts... Food is coming, several dishes at once. We are taking nice portions of food: fish, meat, vegetables, soup…
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Museum of Tea Ware, Hong-Kong
During our last visit to Hong-Kong, it was great to discover the Museum of Tea Ware, which is located in Hong-Kong Park.
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Blind date at the Orient
Stories about a blind date at the Orient with ex-pats Tina and Mark.
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Exchanging Money Back to US dollars?
We had been warned not to exchange too much money into RMB because we won't be able to exchange back to US dollars.
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Enough Elbow Room?
With 1.3 billion people, this is a busy place. 49 cities of more than 1 million people, most of them you never heard about.
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We foreigners who are totally unable to communicate here in the native language of this beautiful country can be saved from any situation by just dialing 110 and having access to a translator, right there on the phone.
Read MoreCall 110 for English!Practical Tips
I thought I could share a few practical tips.
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Buying a Phone Number!
At the cellular phone store, with a local translator, choosing a cellular phone and phone number.
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