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.
Happy Dragon Boat Festival!
Lunch was tofu and raw fish over rice. Happy Father’s Day too! Not sure if it’s celebrated in China, but as an American, shoutout today goes to my padre!
The coins of China
First coins are still 1 cent, but an older version and also made of a different material, feels like aluminum. Coins are 10 cents, 50 cents, and 1 Rmb. Although they are marked as 1 jiao, 5 jiao, and 1 yuan. The flower also seems to grow based on the value of the coin.
