“Kiwi” of Shanghai Expat fame posted this piece on the forums, and I thought I would share here. Written by Mark Twain, the story gives interesting insight into what Chinese life was like back then, some in Virginia, but mostly in California. Chapter LIVRoughing It – by Mark Twain Of course there was a large [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Chinese in the US in the 19th Century
Posted: 30th November 2007 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: China, History
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Field Trip to the PSB office!
Posted: 29th November 2007 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: China, PSB, Shanghai
I made it to the PSB office yesterday. The PSB are hunting down ALL the foreigners in the Hongquan, WuZhong Road area in an effort to catch those with either illegal passports or those not carrying passports with them (as in my case). This area houses a good number of Koreans and a good number [...]
Another Stop over at the PSB
Posted: 28th November 2007 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: China, PSB, Shanghai
A couple weeks ago, the Police raided an establishment I happen to be frequenting. That establishment, a school that caters to the Korean Expat crowd. At about 9pm, about 6 PSB officials came in & demanded to see all our passports. We didn’t have them (what expat actually does carry their passport around EVERYWHERE they [...]
Meet the Beijing Olympic Mascots!
Posted: 26th November 2007 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Beijing, China, Media, Olympics, Sports
Here we have the 5 mascots of the Beijing Olympics. These five beings will make your stay in Beijing during the Olympics peaceful, harmonious and misinformed well informed. Beibei, in blue, is busy coordinating the Logistics of organizing the Olympics. Beibei is single-handedly cleaning up the toilets of Beijing & teaching the Beijing Taxi drivers [...]
