My laptop has been stolen from the balcony of my house. Disaster indeed. I use it for everything – only 18 months old and cost me an arm and a leg. Apple MacBook Pro 2015, 15″ screen…. I loved it a lot…. I mean I really loved it and took care of it. Whenever I… Read More »
As soon as I landed back in Shanghai my phone started beeping with incoming Wechat messages. Did I remember Dave Williams? Of course I remember him? I know him, not remember him. That’s the sort of language you use when someone has died. What was up with Dave? Oh didn’t you know, he’s a murderer.… Read More »
I have come to the attention of the police! I was cycling, as I always do, along Fuxing Lu towards Jaishan Lu when I was pulled over at the junction with Sha’anxi Nan Lu. The policeman pointed at the ‘No cycling’ sign and I apologised and got off my bike and started pushing it on… Read More »
There was a large gathering on the junction of Fuxing Lu and Jiashan Lu and strong police presence. Some men were shouting and a woman was screaming as the police were loading large wooden structures on the back of a truck. I went closer and saw passers-by with their phones out videoing the scene. As… Read More »
I have always found the police in China quite approachable and friendly – to the foreigners at least. So today when they called me up to say they were coming to see me with a form to sign I was curious. I didn’t think I had done anything wrong… nothing badly wrong anyhow. Luckily my… Read More »