Tag: travel
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September already and a change up of scheduling
It’s hard to believe that it’s already September but it does seem like things are slowly getting back to normal. We still have quite a few health and hygiene measures in place here in Beijing but some have been relaxed, notably wearing a mask. Now that nine months of 2020 has passed I can’t help…
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Green Means Go: Working and Travelling after COVID
We’re finally back on the road for work, but the experience is a touch more complicated in that we now have to download, and register, a slew of new APPs, most of which are primarily in Chinese. What are these APPs? Other than tracking out whereabouts and travel history, each APP needs to give us…
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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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SSP8 – What is it like to live, work and travel in China?
Recorded Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020. So what is it like living in China? Contrary to popular belief, the Chinese word for the country does not mean “the middle path”, it refers to the centre of the world within which the Chinese nation sees themselves as occupying. Zhong Guo, or, “middle country”, means they are in…
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China Year 3.25
I feel a little odd that I’m writing this post since it’s such an odd number. Why is it 3.25 and not a more rounded number? Well, that has mainly to do with the fact that for much of 2017 I was actually in Canada and only returned to China in October/November of that same…