Tag: Ex-pats

China, Photo Blogs

Qingdao Brewery Tour

Qingdao Brewery Tour The city of Tsingtao/Qingdao is, at least amongst foreigners, primarily famous for one very important reason: The Beer! Tsingtao Beer can be found all over China and through much of the rest of the world as well. If you ever sit down to a proper Chinese meal […]

China, Travel Words

Spending Time in Shenzhen

Spending Time in Shenzhen For the year and a half that I lived in China, Shenzhen was the base of operations.  Shenzhen is very much NOT old China.  In 1979, the city was a small fishing village overlooking the Hong Kong territory from across the bay.  Since 1980, when it […]

China, Photo Blogs

Z! (R)

My first day in Tianjin and first full day back in China, I stumbled across this place:   In a city known largely for its historic foreign quarters, why not an Anglican church turned cafe showing a Spanish movie with Chinese subtitles? Odd move, Tianjin.  Cool though.