Off the main road , we are in the midst of University campuses, looking for a dance class we are about to sign up for in a Chinese university. We meet two students who we ask how to find a registration office. “Yes, there actually is something here . I’ll give you the phone number of the coach…
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Located between Hangzhou and Ningbo is the city of Shaoxing with its 4.3 million inhabitants. One of its main attractions of the city is the Orchid Pavilion. Among China’s most famous calligrapher, Wang Xizhi, wrote his masterpieces about at this place. Now wonder, it’s a very peaceful place and the birds chirping inspire a lot.…
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Nan An Jin Du. A residential complex with about two dozen houses, each one with 21 floors. A quiet residential area with dense vegetation. Every evening one can admire the young and the old in the table tennis rooms on the ground floor of the buildings smashing plastic balls . A basketball court is as…
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In heaven is paradise, on earth there are Suzhou and Hangzhou. So says a Chinese saying. Also because of the charming West Lake and surrounding green mountains the city of Hangzhou is the most beautiful city in China. At least this is what Marco Polo once said. Like many Chinese cities, the city developed in…
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It’s Saturday, the second weekend in Hangzhou. From the endearing HR lady we receive the monthly newsletter also including travel tips. It states that a place called Mogan mountain should be a welcoming opportunity to cool off one’s heads. But hey, who needs that with 7 degrees outside? Hot Springs would be more appealing. Anyway,…
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The new express train named Xie He gets me within an hour to neighboring Hangzhou. I get off the train and so do thousands of other people. It is crowded, but it feels alright. A subway that is in operation since only few weeks drives me to the station I’d chosen to get on a…
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I have arrived in Shanghai. My luggage hasn’t. A friendly Air China lady patiently tries to find the missing luggage. “Your luggage is still in Beijing, Sir” she tells me and immediately apologizes. “All the better, then at least I don’t have to carry it.” We both laugh cheerfully. The very first person I meet…
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17.58. I am sitting in the departure hall. Watching dozens of times the new VW Beetle advertising. Chattering is all around me. It’s like music to my ears. Laughing Children, excited calls of passengers. The Airport staff is welcoming me in decent English. At the airport I am ambling through the shops, with a wide…
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