Buying fake dvd’s in the same place for more than 2 years is mind boggling. The price of dvd’s we pay is 7 kuai for dvd-5 quality and if you buy a tv-series we pay 8 Rmb per disk.
Nothing new and nothing exciting. Once you have agreed a price, unless the dvd market […]
Walking in Nanchang Lu we noticed Tailor Chen. A male showed us the fabrics and the price for a pair of pants seemed ok, 550 Rmb.
We were willing to buy and thought we’d try to bargain a bit. Just a little and if they had come up with a good counter offer or even […]
It’s been some time since I put a new picture online of the building activities in my neighbourhood. Back in october 2005 I published the last picture and since then the building is almost finished. Take a look
The next phase will be to tear down the old quarter in front of it. The […]
One more cartoon I found in the unlinkable SCMP. The cartoon says it all.
If you think about investing the Chinese stock market, this cartoon (published July 7, 2007) from the SMCP may help you.
I wasn’t planning on going in 2008 to the Beijing Olympics. Not because I don’t like sports but I’m not crazy about crowds and I’m sure there will be many.
For those contemplating of going there, there may be another reason to think twice.
According to a Dutch paper a new police unit has been […]
If you find yourself in Chongqing and have dirty hands, why not wash them here.
And don’t worry, they wear undies now.
h/t Panasianbiz
A interesting cross-cultural guide
Unsettling, and insistently gripping story of 3 generations of Chinese women
