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Macau: half old charm and half vapid glitz

June 3, 2014by expatlingo 22 Comments

As a new expat in 2005, I listened to the crackly Portuguese language radio station from Macau whose air waves barely wafted across the water to my Zhuhai, China apartment. […]

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China, Macau, travel

Pretentious Property Developers

October 11, 2012by expatlingo 15 Comments

The magnetism of old(-ish) Hong Kong money and new Mainland China money has fueled the construction of pompous residential real estate developments across China’s Pearl River Delta. I’m sure many of […]

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China, Hong Kong, Macau

I blame James Bond

September 21, 2012by expatlingo 24 Comments

Despite my mother’s jaw-cracking cringe upon overhearing the line from “You Only Live Twice,” “…in Japan men come first, women come second,” in 1985, I sat in front of the […]

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travel

Macau for the weekend? My thoughts on “House of the Dancing Waters”

May 22, 2012by expatlingo 6 Comments

My synopsis of the actual show: Stunt upon stunt upon stunt including many dramatic stage changes: now there’s a pool, now there’s not, now people are falling from the rafters, […]

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cartoon, Macau

Piracy on the Hong Kong-Macau ferry

March 21, 2012by expatlingo Leave a comment

After last week’s Austin Coates’ quote, I must also share his vivid reference to piracy in the Pearl River Delta: “… [China’s new post-civil war government] did at least one notable service: […]

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China, Hong Kong, Macau, read, travel
Hong Kong, Macau, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou

China’s Pearl River Delta = woe for the Chinese language student

March 1, 2012by expatlingo 5 Comments

Seven years ago I blindly, hopefully, naively plunged into the study of Mandarin Chinese. It’s always been part-time study, interrupted frequently. Plugging along in this way I now speak, comprehend, and […]

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China, Hong Kong, languages

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