China: the land of rules
China is a land that is obsessed with rules. Perhaps it stems from its communist roots. Perhaps rule-making is just something to occupy its overactive bureaucracy.
Category: Beijing
Great Camping on a Great Wall
Apparently, it’s illegal to camp on the Great Wall. So you definitely shouldn’t do it. But if you did, read on to see how much fun you would have.
AFL: Asian Rules Football?
When I moved to China, I thought I’d be adopting some bizarre culturally-appropriate sport – dragon-boat racing perhaps. As it happens, AFL is alive and well in the distant corners of our region.
A very Chinese lunch
Strong home-brewed rice wine, odd compliments, and Peking duck. Read on for my very cultural lunch with a Chinese policeman.
Beijing 2022: my Olympic debut
Earlier this year, Beijing successfully bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. The famed 2008 Olympic swimming venue, ‘The Water Cube’ will become ‘The Ice Cube’ and the Bird’s Nest will be filled with snow. So as the city prepares itself for the games, it was time for me to learn to ski.
Medical Exam: China Edition
A condition of obtaining my Chinese residence permit was reporting for a medical exam in Beijing. My first thought: would the staff speak English, or would I be reduced to playing a sophisticated medical edition of charades?
20 step guide to sending a letter in China (for stupid foreigners)
Need to send very important documents from mainland China to Hong Kong? Learn from my experience and read my easy to follow 20 step guide, complete with pictures!
Beijing’s biking revolution
If you walk anywhere in Beijing, you will soon notice bright yellow bikes everywhere. The strange decor isn’t an accident – The bikes are designed to be seen: they are part of a mad rush of start-up companies designed to make bike sharing popular. But will it succeed?
Deepwater Beijing: One man’s journey to swim in a pool
Life-guards stopped me from swimming in the deep lanes of a pool in Beijing. Read more to find out how I escaped the waist-deep shallow lanes.
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