One of the best aspects of living in Shenzhen as an expat is its proximity to Hong Kong. No shade to Shenzhen – some have said it is China’s most fascinating city – but Hong Kong is just an added...
We lived in China for almost a year before visiting Beijing. This wasn’t a conscious choice, nor an avoidance. More a compounding of circumstances that resulted in multiple visits to Shanghai and regular weekends...
Every traveler has a bucket list. One of those items, like many adventurous travelers, is hiking on the Great Wall of China. Yet, after a year of living in China, I had yet to visit Beijing, the easiest city access...
Eight months after moving to Shenzhen and we finally visited the number one tourist attraction in town! For a city of 13 million, Shenzhen doesn’t have a wealth of, ahem, cultural highlights, but this bonkers...
What is healthcare like in China? That was one of our first questions when we arrived as expats in Shenzhen, China. Figuring out a new healthcare system is always challenging for expats, because every country does...
A neighborhood with gangsters, crooked cops, and Russian bodyguards sounds like something out of a movie. Yet, imagine the scene not in New York or Chicago but in Shanghai, and more specifically in the neighborhood...
