An Expat in China

An Expat in China

By brian salterSociety & CulturePlaces & Travel
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An Expat in China episodes

  • 37: A New Marketing Ploy for KFC?

    A posting on Weibo went viral after a girl asked for a handsome delivery boy...
    #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #kfc #kfcviral #kfclover

    3 min
  • 35: Santa Jostles with the Dragon

    The actual date of Chinese New Year changes annually. Sometimes it's so close to Christmas that the two merge into one another... and Santa can be found wrestling for space with red diamond-shaped fu (福) characters ...
    #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #christmas #yearofthedragon #signs #chinglish

    6 min
  • 34: Making tracks with Mao

    The China Railway Museum (中国铁道博物馆) is one of three rail museums in Beijing. For overgrown schoolboys it's an oasis of delight - even if the temperature inside is down to minus 5 degrees!
    #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #chinarailmuseum #chinarailway #museum #trains #locomotive #steamengines

    10 min
  • 33: Toasting the Dragon

    They say the best parties to go to are surprise parties - even if they have been planned weeks in advance...
    #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #yearofthedragon #surpriseparty

    9 min
  • 32: At home with Sung Qing-ling

    The house and grounds of what had once been lived in by Sung Qing-ling, also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, is a beautiful unexpected oasis of peace and quiet that contrasts starkly with the hordes of tourists that pass by its front gates, many of them totally unaware of what lies inside.

    #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #sungqingling #sunyatsen #shichahai

    7 min
  • 31: The World - sometimes not all it is cracked up to be!

    Located in the Fengtai District of Beijing, Beijing World Park (北京世界公园) “features 106 of the most famous sites from 14 countries around the world”. The blurb continues in over-the-top style: “All these attractions ... are such good works of art that even a person who has seen the originals cannot tell the difference.” - which only goes to show that the copywriters have either never set foot outside China, or are as good as blind. You decide...

    8 min
  • 30: Xmas in Beijing

    Where on earth can you buy a sprig of mistletoe in this country? Not in Beijing, it would appear...
    #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #xmas #christmas #christmastree #santa #hilton

    6 min
  • 29: A visit to Prince Gong's Pad

    Prince Gong’s Mansion lies close to Shichahai Lake to the northwest of the Forbidden City. What lies behind the notices that warn "Cantion" to all passers-by? (And no, the answer is not a wall!)
    #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #princegong #mansion

    6 min
  • 28: Exploring the hutong

    Beijing's hutong areas possess a timeless charm about them and their history goes back many centuries.
    #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #hutong #history

    7 min

About An Expat in China

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What’s life really like as an Expatriate? More specifically, what’s it like to live and work in China? As I am asked regularly about my 7 years in China, I decided to put together a series of podcasts all about what life is really like there. Please feel free to give feedback or ask any questions.