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Carrying Poles

Posted on October 28, 2016 by The Pearl

Sometime last year I posted about our trip to Amoy in Fujian Province (Amoy in Fujian; Xiamen in Mandarin) with its large round houses and some of the pictures showed women selling fruit from baskets which they carry along on … Continue reading →

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Our Daughter Hits Shanghai

Posted on October 22, 2016 by The Pearl

It was over a year before our daughter Rosalind made it out to see us in Shanghai.  For the first half of our first year that we had been living as expats in China Rozy had been doing her final … Continue reading →

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Two Japanese Department Stores

Posted on August 3, 2015 by The Pearl

As we live in an area of Shanghai that is home to an number of Japanese (and Koreans) it is not surprising that there is a Chinese branch of a famous Japanese Department store close by.  This is Takashimaya. Takashimaya … Continue reading →

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