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The journey |
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Hey,
I will be posting my thoughts and experiences of China on this website. This first post is just kind of a test page while I check out this service.
In early February I received an email from my old department at UCLA inviting me to apply to a position at Shantou University |
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Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong is absolutely an incredible place. The one thing that kept racing through my mind when I saw the city is, wow, if they ever have a serious earthquake these people are really scrooged! I've never seen such narrow and tall apartment buildings. Public transportation is extremely |
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Chaozhou |
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What an awesome city! It has a rich history, being extremely old by western standards. We went to the temple and ate some really incredible vegetarian dishes before hand (a tradition in China before visiting a temple). I could have sworn there was meat in the dishes. |
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Xiamen |
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Xiamen is much more modern than most cities in this whole area of China. You can actually see western foreigners on the street here, which I've only seen in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. It's a large city with many new buildings. Supposedly it is one of the first |
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pneumonia and politics |
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I went to the hospital for an eye infection and asked doctors and nurses if there had been any pneumonia cases. They claimed not to know, but they were all wearing masks. When I got back on campus I heard that there was a case at the university and |
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Yongshuo |
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Really really beautiful. These are the hills that the Chinese painters have in mind when they paint those pictures with the impossible looking hills that go straight up and down.
My friend Jonnie was supposed to come with us, but he hurt his foot. Vicky and I went alone. |
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Macao |
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This is where Vicky is from. It's a wonderful combination of Chinese and southern European culture. I would really love living here. I'll upload pictures later.
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Canton |
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Wow! The differences between Shantou and Guangzhou (Canton) are really amazing! The city is huge and quite modern in most parts. I was especially looking forward to seeing the subway system here. It was a lot more modern than I expected. Modeled after Hong Kong's. |
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