International Hotels In China – The Expat’s Refuge

October 16th, 2009 by Stephen Cronin

As mentioned recently, I’m going to publish some of my old photos of China. Here are a couple of photos of an ‘international’ hotel in China – the Dynasty Hotel in Zhaoqing – taken back in 2002. Hotels such as this provide a great refuge for expats living in China, especially those living in small to medium cities.

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China Is Still The Best Place To Find A Job

October 9th, 2009 by Stephen Cronin

I said way back in December that expats are better off looking for a job in China than they would be back in their home lands. That obviously still holds true as the Huffington Post has just written an article titled Young Americans Going To China For Jobs.

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Theme Upgrade At Jobs in China

September 24th, 2009 by Stephen Cronin

I’ve just upgraded the theme I’m using here at Jobs in China. I’ve tested it pretty well, but you never know – if anyone notices anything strange, please let me know! Read the rest of this entry »

Buses In China With Metal Seats

January 6th, 2010 by Stephen Cronin

This is a photo I took when I first lived in China in 2002, in the southern province of Guangdong: a bus with metal seats Read the rest of this entry »

Countdown Timer On Traffic Lights

January 6th, 2010 by Stephen Cronin

This is a photo I took when I first lived in China in 2002, in the southern province of Guangdong: a countdown timer on the traffic lights Read the rest of this entry »

Diet Coke In China – Lost In Translation

November 16th, 2009 by Stephen Cronin

While I was going through my old photos, I came across the following (rather blurry) photo of a Diet Coke can Read the rest of this entry »

Fooled By The Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters

October 20th, 2009 by Stephen Cronin

Although I no longer live in China, I’m still trying to learn Chinese and I’m always on the lookout for new Chinese terms to learn. Occasionally, I’ll come across Chinese terms during every day life in the West, which is always cool: just going about my daily business and then all of a sudden some Chinese term pops up and hits me.

So when the Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters came along, I thought “That’s obviously Chinese, Zhu Zhu probably means pig pig”. Read the rest of this entry »

Time To Publish My Pictures Of China

October 8th, 2009 by Stephen Cronin

Stevo from Asian Ramblings recently visited Zhaoqing, a city I lived in way back in 2002. Even though Stevo didn’t get a chance to check out Zhaoqing, it got me thinking about my time living there and I dug out my old photos.

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Second Best Job In The World: Lavender Angel

July 22nd, 2009 by Stephen Cronin

Not long ago, the attention of the world turned to Hamilton Island, thanks to Tourism Queensland’s ingenious competition for ‘the best job in the world‘ – being paid to live on a tropical island paradise and blog about it.

Now, a lavender garden in southern China is trying to emulate this unqualified marketing success by holding a competition to recruit two Lavender Angels.

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A Trip Through Wuhan Airport

May 22nd, 2009 by Stephen Cronin

A little over a year ago, I passed through Wuhan Airport, on the way to somewhere else, spending the night there at the Wuhan TianHe Airport Hotel. I wrote copious notes at the time and it’s about time I shared the experience.

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