China
Nationality is irrelevant?
04/11/2011 ChinaChinese peopleInternational exchange
Having grown up in the UK, graduated from universities in both the UK and Greece, having visited more than thi …
Leaving Japan?
03/23/2011 Chinese peopleJapan
Japan is currently suffering in various ways after the earthquake and subsequent tsunami and problems at the n …
Survival game in the PRC (Qingdao)
02/14/2011 International exchangeQingdao
Apart from it being cold, and half of the organizers being Chinese ex-military, the scary thing was that this …
Guarantees in China #1 (Mobile phone)
01/13/2011 Chinese Quality
I’ve bought many things in several countries and there is almost always a one-year guarantee. Recently, when y …
Solar water heaters
12/25/2010 China
When I see solar panels on rooftops, I immediately assume that they are there to generate electricity. Most of …