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Tag Archives: Shenzhen

A tale of one real and one faux Uber

February 15, 2016by expatlingo 3 Comments

In recent weeks I enjoyed one fabulous Uber ride and one fake Uber ride. One was in Hong Kong with a worldly-cool Uber driver and the other was in Shenzhen with an […]

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China, Hong Kong

The picture that got away from us in Shenzhen

November 3, 2015by expatlingo 11 Comments

“Hey, take a look at that outfit,” my friend whispered over lunch at an outdoor cafe. I turned and saw a middle-aged woman wearing rainbow-splattered clothes from head to toe. […]

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China

Lo Wo, Shenzhen: shopping, spitting and savoring

October 12, 2015by expatlingo 16 Comments

Is that the long, loud, guttural sound of someone hacking up a giant wad of phlegm? I must have crossed the border into China! After receiving countless short-term China visas, I […]

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China

Dafen 大芬 Art Village: Mass Art for the Masses

June 24, 2014by expatlingo 30 Comments

Dreamt of owning Starry Night but too timid to pull off a heist at the Van Gogh Museum? Then Shenzhen, China’s Dafen Art Village is your (relatively) lawful solution. In this odd corner […]

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China

“Get the Hell Out of Asia, American Bastards!” or when not to gather insider tips from locals

May 20, 2014by expatlingo 24 Comments

Scrolling through my Twitter feed this afternoon,” I stumbled across this incongruous pair of tweets: The first tweet relates to the American [foreign policy] “pivot to Asia” and China’s annoyance that […]

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China, expat life, parody

Twice Lost in Translation

November 27, 2013by expatlingo 18 Comments

1. Why are Shenzhen pensioners arguing about a Canadian winter sports hero? For a short time everyday I tune into a radio station broadcast from across the border in Shenzhen, […]

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languages

I lie to myself about pollution

March 5, 2013by expatlingo 28 Comments

I spent a year deluding myself that the Tai Po District of Hong Kong was (relatively) wholesomely clean. Then I hiked up Cloudy Hill on a ‘clear’ day and fully […]

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Hong Kong

View from Queen’s Road in Hong Kong

December 5, 2012by expatlingo 23 Comments

It has recently come to my attention that a certain class of Hong Kong expat refers to anything “off the island” as “the dark side.” As someone who currently lives […]

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cartoon, Hong Kong

Shenzhen calling, but not for American me…

September 17, 2012by expatlingo 18 Comments

Shenzhen, a classic border town, full of shopping, prostitutes, and taxi scams. It’s no “Venice of the East,” but I wouldn’t turn up my nose at a tasty inexpensive meal […]

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China, Hong Kong

“China is not dangerous,” but I have been known to be wrong-ish

July 10, 2012by expatlingo 10 Comments

I’m recalling snippets of a conversation I had recently with a group of Hong Kong expats about China. In retrospect I was rather patronizing. And wrong. Me: “I’ve never felt […]

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China, expat life

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