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China Expat is a cultural and literary forum for expatriates interested in China and has been published by Asia Briefing Ltd since 2001. The sites resident China culture writers have included such expatriate luminaries as Chris Devonshire-Ellis, Graham Thompson, Josh Gartner and now Ernie Diaz.
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China's Richest Village
China's Richest Village
Socialism has successfully incorporated nasty western economics and produced a community where everyone is rich. -
Jiufen - Boom, Bust, Boom
Jiufen - Boom, Bust, Boom
Jiufen’s second boom came in the form of tourism, set off from a most unlikely source. -
Jilin - Quick, While It's Still Warm
Jilin - Quick, While It's Still Warm
For it eventually dawns on even the most career-oriented foreigner that a huge socio-cultural divide separates North and South China. -
Moganshan - Weary Thee With Summer Pleasure
Moganshan - Weary Thee With Summer Pleasure
Don't speak to us of being born naked and belonging to the forest unless crapping in the bushes and killing an animal for its hide are your preferred ways of getting back to nature. -
Zhangye - A Place of Power
Zhangye - A Place of Power
The reverberations of all that ancient hustle and bustle, sturm und drang, totally messes with your vibe, man. -
Hubei's High Places
Hubei's High Places
China has hotter places, more humid, more polluted, but none with Wuhan’s center-of-China convection effect, as if the city were drawing the rest of the country’s excess sultriness.
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