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Tag Archives: rubbish
The Chinese Way of Doing Things
Not long after we arrived, I wrote a blog post entitled Some Surprising Things. The time has now come to revisit this theme, although as you’ve probably seen over the past months this is an everyday experience for me and … Continue reading
Posted in General Shanghai, Uncategorized
Tagged bricks, Goat, Little Emperors, rubbish, Sweepers, Tortoise
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Shanghai is Exhausting
Shanghai is exhausting, not just because of the heat and the humidity at the moment, and not just because of the streets, shops and metro teeming with people who have a different sense of personal space than we westerners – … Continue reading
Posted in Changning
Tagged deliveries, rice cakes, rubbish, sleeping, sunshades, Taobao, workmen
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Pearls From The Orient 