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Crown Macau – The House Doesn’t Always Win

October 25, 2023
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| China - general, Macau

In about 2014, Crown spent USD$21 million to make this 1 minute and 30 second television ad featuring one of China’s most popular actors. It ran in mainland China…. for all of 4 days before disappearing.

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Fixing the Australia-China relationship: Have a holiday

December 19, 2021
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I want to propose a pathway to a more sustainable and stronger relationship with China: once the pandemic is over, we all need to take a holiday to the Middle Kingdom. Yes, it might be radical, but hear me out. Australians’ trust in China has dropped to a historical low of 23 per cent. The COVID-19…

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A lawful hijacking

December 1, 2019
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It started with a 5-hour delay and a very pissed off passenger (me). It ended in Malaysian Airlines facing its plane being seized by the bailiff. The background I was flying from Perth to Hong Kong via Kuala Lumpur. The connection was conveniently short – 1 hour and 30 minutes. But then my flight out…

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Foreigner Street: A Non Theme Park

December 11, 2017
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| China - general, Chongqing

Chongqing presents: Foreigner Street, featuring a decrepit chairlift, the hint of a bear infestation and a concert where the performers outnumber the audience. Perhaps the strangest place I’ve ever been to.

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China: the land of rules

June 20, 2017
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| Beijing, China - general, Shanghai

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.

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Travelling China in 14 eventful steps

June 20, 2017
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Travelling China as a foreigner is about embracing the craziness. My overnight train journey from Xi’An to Chengdu is a template for a fun evening.

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Tianjin: a very dull city

June 15, 2017
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You’ve probably never heard of Tianjin. And that’s probably for the best because it must be one of the world’s most boring cities.

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Great Camping on a Great Wall

June 10, 2017
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| Beijing, China - general

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.

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AFL: Asian Rules Football?

June 6, 2017
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| Beijing, China - general, Shanghai

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.

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The road to Heaven Lake

June 3, 2017
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| Xinjiang

So there we were: late afternoon, sitting at a desolate checkpoint somewhere in the far-flung Chinese province of Xinjiang.  A few stray dogs and some confused Chinese policemen kept us company. How did we get into this mess? And where was that damn lake?

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