An Expat in China

You can happily forget about the shops in this shopping mall. Every nook and cranny of this space is taken up with modern art – not just with the likes of Salvador Dalí, but very many international modernists and plenty of up and coming Chinese artists too. "An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.t...

Jing-A’s owners, originally from Connecticut and Toronto, have a range of American-style beers on offer, which are ‘localised’ to reflect the host country. "An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId** A Blogger&#39...

Foreigners are visible by their almost total absence here. And the beers on offer seem to have been tweaked for Chinese tastes."An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId** A Blogger's Guide to Beijing by Brian...

They might have skimped on the decoration here, but no cuts have been made on anything to do with the beer…"An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId** A Blogger's Guide to Beijing by Brian Salter, is published...

Xiamen has been ranked as China's second "most suitable city for living", as well as China's "most romantic leisure city". And you can soon see why. The climate is probably best described as subtropical, and the place is full of lush palm trees and other subtropical delights…"An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale...

In 1958 the People's Government of Chaoyang District organised the public to dig a loop from a kiln pit and fill it with water. The resulting ring lake was named Tuanjie – the lake of union or solidarity – as a tribute to the concerted efforts; and in 1986 a park was officially opened.""An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in Chin...

A railway museum in the middle of the New Territories? Why here FGS? Tai Po used to be the mid point on the Kowloon-Canton Railway and what better place to have a museum?"An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId**...

Slow Boat Brewery is a craft brewery set up by two Americans in Beijing. It's a beacon of high quality in the capital's drinking scene""An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId** A Blogger's Guide...

Zhengyangmen a.k.a. Qianmen has a very interesting museum which covers the history of Old Beijing, and is well worth a visit. But very few foreign visitors know of its existence..."An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&a...

Beijing's Garden Expo Park is not all that it would seem... It seems a long way to go to enjoy its very-much-faded glory!"An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId** A Blogger's Guide to Beijing by Brian Sa...

What would we do without Line 2? But how much more amazing would Beijing be nowadays if such wanton destruction hadn’t been visited on the city by its own government!""An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId...

One of the Ten Great Buildings in Beijing - but one it is probably best to ignore!"An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId** A Blogger's Guide to Beijing by Brian Salter, is published by Amazon ASIN: B083V1JQ...

Hong Kong’s wetland park – a 60-hectare ecological park located in the northwest of the New Territories - is unknown by so many tourists who simpy don't know what they are missing... "An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ...

Nan Lian Garden is a Chinese Classical Garden situated in Diamond Hill, Hong Kong. It's everything you could want from a classical garden... but who had the idea of splashing out so much gold paint?"An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.2358059...

The Capital Museum is second only to the National Museum in terms of size, and it is said that to see all the exhibitions should take up at least four or five hours. If you are into various kinds of cultural relics collected extensively over the past few decades, then this is the place for you. Bronzes, porcelain ware, calligraphy works, paintings, coins, jade objects, seals, needlework, Buddhist...

Take the Sacred Way to DingLing and you won't be disappointed. But ChangLing leaves you asking "is that it?""An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId** A Blogger's Guide to Beijing by Brian Salte...

Beijing's Subway (Metro) system is one of the largest in the world. But have they never heard of Pantone colours? Or is the director of the Subway an ardent fan of Lady Penelope?"An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5...

Be prepared that there are no toilet facilities in Beijing's Shihuadong. So what to do? Take in a personal commode?"An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId** A Blogger's Guide to Beijing by Brian Salter,...

If you have thoughts of visiting ZhihuaSi, might I recommend that you stay in bed and dream about what might have been once upon a time, one of Beijing’s must-see attractions… "An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&s...

You would hardly notice it if you weren’t actually looking for it. But what Tongjiao Temple lacks in size it amply makes up for in sheer cuteness "An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId** A Blogger's Guide t...

Tianjin's Chinese Museum of Finance was the brain child of a financial highflier and in many respects, the museum is unusual, to put it mildly "An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId** A Blogger's Guide...

China House is a ‘contemporary’ museum of pottery and antiques located in a historical colonial building; and even without taking a single step inside, you can see how vulgar it is going to be from the outside."An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs...

What to do when your iPhone sleeps around and gets pregnant? You might want to rethink your first inclination to talk to an Apple Genius!"An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId** A Blogger's Guide to Beijing...

A museum dedicated to the writer Lu Xun is not only well laid out, but is stuffed full of interesting photographs and artefacts, and fulsome descriptions and narratives in English about the life of this leading figure of modern Chinese literature. "An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/i...

The Lidai Diwang Miao temple certainly rivals that must-see tourist attraction known as the Yonghegong Lama Temple that is always filled to capacity with tourists. But this temple is virtually empty – and so much the better for that!"An Englishman in Beijing" by Brian Salter (ISBN: 9781784779658) is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=6753...