Insight and information about life, customs, culture, language, business and art, in present day China from the perspective an a foreigner who has been living there for several years
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When I first moved to China, I would go to Shamian Island, which is the island that foreign traders were confined to, in the 1800's, in Guangzhou. The architecture is very Western; it has cafés and restaurants; and it is very peaceful and pretty. It...
We have done a recent comment on Chinese art, mostly the teapot art market on our Leona Craig Blog. We believe that art is the best investment, in China.
You can read the article at:
http://blog.leonacraig.com/
In the U.S., I would see windows of tall buildings being washed, many time in my life. There, a catwalk-like platform is lowered along the face of the building: it has railings to give safety and security, and the window washers can even clip belts to...
Banking is always a major affair, in China. It can take between 1 and 3 hours to wait for your number to come up and get your transaction done, even if it is something as simple making a deposit. Like all money transactions, in China, a transaction...
