Tag: Beijing
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SSP11 – Singer-Songwriter Steve Blaque
Recorded on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at Forbidden City Studios in Beijing, China. This week’s episode features my first guest! Former colleague and good friend Steve Blaque has been in China for nearly 20 years. A singer songwriter and recently and now retired, he agreed to sit down with me for a rather lengthy conversation…
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Notes on a flight from Beijing to Shenyang
Flying isn’t like other modes of transportation as it involves substantially more preparation and security, particularly in the airport. It is said if you’re going to travel, do so on the ground. Well, my new job has me taking trains and planes quite bit so I figured I’d keep track of what happened on one…
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If not China, then where?
I said it a few months ago that if the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown doesn’t resolve itself by June then that’s when things would become worrying. And that is slowly becoming the reality. I’ve made posts on Facebook indicating that things are starting to look a bit more desperate here in Beijing, despite the…
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Springing along
Things have been busy for me as of late and, if you haven’t seen by now, I’ve started a podcast! It’s the first new page I’ve added in a long time so I encourage you to take a look and have a listen to my new form of media! The Steven Sirski Podcast 😀 Why…
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SSP6 – More questions than answers
Recorded on Monday May 18, 2020. Typical bear market stock chart: How things are shaping up here in Beijing. All schools will basically be opened in June. Divorces are up double percentage points as couples can’t stand each other. Turns out we need that distance! Not as deadly Will there be a resurgence? Looks like…