When we moved into this neighbourhood a year and a half ago, we’d just begun language school and could hardly communicate at all (now we’re fluent in Chinglish). We picked this neighbourhood because it has a great outdoor community atmosphere and it seemed to be average (economically) for Tianjin: not the poorest hutong (some of which recently got bulldozed) but also not a newer development. It’s mostly danwei apartments. Continue reading »
Aug 29
minipost-(Letter) One of the things we love about living in China: our neighbours
Written by: Joel | Filed under:-mini-posts, culture | Tags:Chinese landlords, Chinese neighbours, foreigners, Tianjin
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This is a happy China story that also happens to have some fun cultural elements in it.
Aug 10
(Letter) Watching the Opening Ceremony with a few thousand Tianjiners
Written by: Joel | Filed under:Letters, video | Tags:olympics, Opening Ceremony, Tianjin, 天津, 奥运会, 开幕式
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My wife and I, along with a German, an Aussie, a TCK (third culture kid), and an American watched the Opening Ceremonies on a giant screen in one of Tianjin’s biggest parks. There were thousands of people there, and very few foreigners. We’ve posted pictures, video, and blogged the experience, particularly the crowd’s reactions to different things (Watching the Opening Ceremony with a few thousand Tianjiners!).
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Jul 20
(Letter) Tianjin’s LaoBaiXing on the Olympics
Written by: guest | Filed under:culture | Tags:China, Laobaixing, Old Hundred Names, olympics, Tianjin, 中国, 天津, 奥运会, 老百姓
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(This is excerpted from: Tianjin’s “Old Hundred Names” on the Olympics)
Here’s what some of our neighbours and others from our daily routines in the city think about the Olympics. I asked them, “What do the Olympics means to Chinese people?” (奥运会对中国人有什么意义？) and “Why are they doing so much preparation?” (我听说中国为了奥运会作很多准备。为什么是这样？)
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