Tag: Beijing
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Tims咖啡 – A Review
Tim Hortons finally made it to China a couple of years after they first announced the joint venture with Tencent Holdings, the same company that owns the popular WeChat communication APP here in China. I should clarify: Tim Hortons, known as Tims咖啡 here in China, has been in the country for about a year since…
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Steve Sirski LIVE – July 25, 2020
Recorded Saturday July 25, 2020. This week’s LIVE episode was all about the state of the retail coffee industry here in China. This is very much from my perspective and based on what I see mainly in Beijing and from the cities I often visit for work purposes. Why am I talking about coffee? This…
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Back to work, and something has changed
Well, work finally re-started in earnest on Monday but it still looks like things will be minimal. Given that a lot of universities have shuttered their campuses for the time being and the uncertainty of being able to study abroad later this year, it doesn’t look good for the work load. Although I am glad…
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SSP13 – Journalist Chen Caiwei
Recorded Thursday, July 16, 2020. Journalist Chen Caiwei joins me today on the show to discuss everything from learning another language, dating and matching with people on Tinder (and how bad conversational techniques are used to learn a language), music and culture both in China and abroad, and life as a student overseas and a…
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Beijing Resurgence
Well, if the first wave didn’t unseat him, maybe the second one will! Who? Trump of course! Alright, say what you will about current events but we are seeing another resurgence of THE VIRUS, that is, the Coronavirus also known as COVID-19. Over ten million people infected, half a million dead, but the fear remains…