The taxi driver stops and tells us we have arrived. Looking around it’s pretty hard to spot the entrance of Shintori Restaurant. I see a big grey wall but.. hey there is an opening.
Wandering inside reveals a small garden with bamboo at the end of which a door slides open once approached. One […]
For some reason we ended up discussing the difference in address formats between China and the West.
In Chinese you write an address on an enveloppe in the following format
Country
Province,
City, Postal code
Street name
Name of Recipient
In the West (actualy in almost any other country) you write an address like this
Name of Recipient
Street name
Postal code, City (In […]
Occasionaly I get some spam sms. As I can’t read them the deletion process is quick and simple. There are however people who read them, believe them, reply to them and in the end loose money.
Authorities didn’t disclose the nature of the scams, but most involve a deceptive message that results in a bank […]
It’s amazing where you can run into Mao’s picture these days. It even found its way into the Dutch Big Brother Show. For those of you who haven’t heard of one of the best selling Dutch quality export TV formats ever, picture this.
You put 12 strangers in a House that has been inundated […]
Unsettling, and insistently gripping story of 3 generations of Chinese women
A must read for anyone considering doing business in China
A interesting cross-cultural guide
