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.
PM of New Zealand
Attended a speech by John Key, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand. Met him afterwards, shook his hand and after telling him I was from the States, he said he was just there at the Nuclear Summit with Xi and Obama. Just another day in the life of a politician. Super nice guy and interesting speech.