Macau: The Vegas of China

So this past November a coworker of mine and his wife graciously invited me and some of my friends to go to Macau with them. Macau belonged to Portugal, but like Hong Kong, was given back to China in 1999. It is also under the “one China two systems” policy that Hong Kong is, which…

Hong Kong: An alternative China

Sorry for taking so long to start posting again, I have sick pretty much this entire month. Anyways, I recently made a couple trips to Hong Kong as it is the closest city to Shenzhen where I am currently living. Hong Kong is a harbor city of 7.2 million residents on a small series of…

2016

Well It is a New Year and will soon be a New Year in China (as their New Years is near the beginning of February). 2015 brought about sweeping changes to me in my employment, finance, relationships and friendships, travels, where I live, what I am planning for my future….it seems that pretty much nothing…

Walmart: The Chinese Edition

It should come to no surprise that there are Walmarts here in China; after all most of the merchandise they sell at Walmart in America is from China.  However the Walmart in China is nothing like a Walmart in America. There are differences, lots of them. For one the place is packed every weekend, it is…