For my Wednesday Walk, I decided to wander around Renmin Park, a tiny greenspace in city center of Changzhou, a Chinese city between Nanjing and Shanghai on high speed real. It's a tiny place, and here
I recently bought a new phone, and since I actually live in China, I opted for Chinese brands. My old phone was an Oppo, and I thought I was happy with it. That is, until I started playing around Huawei
Magic the Gathering is in China, but it's not widespread in mass market retail outlets. Sort of like in the days of old in the USA, you have to track down a card shop -- especially if you want English
In Changzhou, there is an offshoot of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal that goes through what used to be -- and to extent, still is -- a residential area. Centuries ago, the more wealthy and influential
I would wager that the public transportation infrastructure in smaller but rapidly developing Chinese city beats nearly any public transit system in the USA.
This is a weird thing, but it's something that fades into the background very quickly. Like in a few months after moving to China, it's no longer funny.
This is both a walk through the gaudiest part of changzhou, but also an explanation of the pig and how it fits into the chinese zodiac. And, by the way, happy Spring Festival / Chinese New Year. 新年快乐!!!