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.
The smog is no joke
On a somewhat related note, Chinese people smoke like chimneys. I’d go even as far to say they smoke more than Europeans. Maybe it’s the same smoker to non-smoker ratio as anywhere else, but because there are so many people, it feels like a lot.
Oh, and finding Westernized toilets in public places is rare. Don’t worry, I’ll get a picture on here soon enough.