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Things Aren’t Always As They Appear – Misperceptions
Here is a scene that we came upon during our second week in Changzhou, parents and grandparents at a set of school gates waiting to pick up their children at the end of a school day. When we came upon … Continue reading
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China Dinosaur Park – Changzhou
In the northern sector of Changzhou, in the Xin Bei district, lies China Dinosaur Park. Looking out our apartment window we can often see the three white arms reaching as if to join hands. We often walked towards the park … Continue reading
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Preparations For Teaching ESL
After about a week of getting ourselves acclimatized to Changzhou, it was finally time to begin the work for which we came to China, that of being ESL teachers at C.I.T. The process began with a meeting with the department … Continue reading
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Green Spaces in Changzhou
Being from Canada, a land that is basically empty of people in many places and where nature runs free, it was important for us to find “green” spaces in the city. As we stretched our journeys beyond the first boundaries … Continue reading
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Bath House or Restaurant?
A week into our first experience of China we began to get a better idea of our new home away from home. As we wandered, always carrying a a camera of course, we continued to discover more and more of … Continue reading
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Clothes Washing and Traditions
For all of its modern appearances, there are numerous opportunities to still find old traditions still in use in China. For example, this woman is on her way to her clothes washing spot on the side of this small lake … Continue reading
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On Being Understood in China
Not too far from the Xinbei campus of C.I.T. is a lake that was often used by bathers, clothes washing older ladies, and fishermen. This is a scene from August, 2006. When I left in 2008, the beach had been … Continue reading
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