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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Went to see a friend who lives up north and passed the Crow’s Nest

Weather is getting warmer and there hasn’t been smog for a couple of days, which I can only hope lasts for more than a week.

Headed back to Mongolia next week for the oh so fun Visa run. It’ll be the last one until I take off for Brazil in June.

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Beijing’s most prolific aspects… Smog & Mao

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Guomao building + some sort of ‘art’ piece in Sanlitun

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Xidan, Beijing, China

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I have no idea what this building is, but I saw it, took a picture, and put it here for your viewing pleasure

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On the way to the Russian district I passed the embassies of Finland, Albania, Colombia, Vietnam, and England

Funny how the buildings resembled their countries. Unfortunately, the security guards said no pictures, so here are a couple of other buildings along Embassy Row.

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Qianmen. Pretty sure it’s a government building because it’s HUGE and wider than it is tall. Seems to be a recurring theme for Chinese government architecture.