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What does China Censor? A look back at my first weeks in Beijing

What does China Censor? Here is Part 1 of an email I sent after arriving in Beijing. Looking back, this was my first experience with China Censors. It is now 5 years later and I will be making comments about what had happened. I am having the biggest problems with the internet. Everything here is […]

Chinese studying English in Beijing China and scams

I have looked at old emails and journal entries and here is what I wrote two weeks after being in Beijing about the Chinese culture and Chinese studying English and scams in China One thing that is odd are a lot of people want to practice their English with a native speaker. With this being […]

Journal Highlights from first weeks I Lived in Beijing

I looked over my journal for the first couple of weeks when I first lived in Beijing and here are some of the things that I feel you might be interested in. First couple weeks I lived in Beijing: One thing that I have noticed is that I have no contact with any news about […]

8 things learned after Living in China for 13 years

I went through my journal and when I first arrived in China I met a French guy that told me he had been living in China for 13 years. I asked him if there is anything I should know about China and this is what he told me. (I had been in China for only […]

13 Surprises When you First arrive in Beijing, China

When I First arrived in Beijing, China here are the things that I immediately noticed. First arrive in Beijing I noticed: It is normal for girls to hold each other hands while walking. Everyone spits everywhere. The air is terribly dry causing your throat and skin to be dry as well (I have been getting […]