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.
Bought a pug for my girlfriend’s birthday
Her previous pug died earlier this year and I felt so bad, I figured a puppy would help her and her family out. I consider it a shining accomplishment that I was able to find a male puppy pug in Beijing without speaking fluent Chinese.