CHINA

Country Overview:

“Love the food, hate the government”

I arrived in China in May 2013 and left August 2020. I taught English for awhile, did my master’s of politics & foreign policy at Tsinghua University, worked for a year at China Today, and then two years at Xinhua News Agency. I spent most of my time in Beijing, but also traveled to Shanghai, Wuhan, Inner Mongolia, Shenzhen, Panjin, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Qingdao, Xi’an, Sanya, Macau, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.


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Well hello there

This popped up on my buddies tablet. I'm sure one can imagine the onslaught of messages I received.  

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Runway show

Tsinghua's gymnasium is constantly being used for events, one such was for the fashion show last week, which I assume was only available on tv due to the lack of live audience members 

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