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United Nation Worker in Beijing China

I was at the Beijing zoo in 2008. I was talking to a women and it turned out she was a United Nations Worker. She was in Beijing, China was a United Nations meeting. The information below is from my journal. Enjoy. United Nation Worker in Beijing China: While in the Beijing zoo I met […]

Chinese Inventions, What did China Invent and When?

Chinese Inventions: I was talking to the French guy again, (Here is a link to the first post I talk to him8 things learned after living in Beijing for 13 years) and I guess he got in an argument with a Chinese person about which country historically was more important, France or China . Of course the Chinese […]

Harbin Ice Festival China My background Photo

I was asked what is the background picture of this website. The picture doesn’t look to be Chinese or related to China. The picture was taken from the Harbin Ice festival. I went there last year and was amazed at what I saw. In fact my favorite photos of China probably came from this festival. […]

Communicating with Chinese Employee/Coworker/Boss

This article addresses two major problems people might face when Communicating with Chinese Employee/Coworker/Boss This afternoon, I was talking to a former employee on QQ (similar to Aim or skype in the states but very popular in China) she was complaining about her new job. There was one particular instance in general that she was complaining […]

No ATM Fees Worldwide, Travel the World No Problem

This post is also on http://www.shawntravels.com/. I thought that some people that visit this website may also benefit from this information so I included it here. No ATM Fees Worldwide One thing that surprises me while traveling is how much people spend withdrawing money from ATM’s. I talked to a couple of people in the hostel […]