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Editor's note How is life in Beijing for foreigners? A group of foreign friends, including students, artists, writers, share their stories and dreams with cityofbeijing website readers. Enjoy our special and you are welcome to share your Beijing stories with us. |
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My life, my dream |
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 He thinks the Chinese work too hard and the long hours will ultimately take a toll on their health. He wants to give them a chance at a better, healthier lifestyle and shares his vision with Tang Zhe. When Linus Holmsater first came to Beijing in 2009, he was confounded by the daily routine of the Chinese around him. [Full story]
 He straddles two cultures and plays a bridging role, and his introduction to all things Chinese was through a legendary kung fu hero. He tells Sun Ye who and what brought him to China. Chaudhari Dilip Giridhar was short and puny, and bullied even by his own sister back home in Maharashtra, India. Now in China and under the name Chen Ailong, he's a sought-after Bruce Lee impersonator, handy with the nunchakus, swords and sticks. [Full story]
Prompted by his work for the Beijing Olympics, US animator Brian Dowrick sets up a school in Beijing. Lin Jing follows the storyboard. As the Beijing Olympics captured the attention of the world in 2008, Brian Dowrick was in China's capital working behind the scenes as an animation supervisor for the event. It was an exciting time and an insightful one for Dowrick, who through the experience realized the need for a quality animation school in China. [Full story] |
  
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Expats on the loose in Beijing A group of foreigners gathered over the weekend to speak about their new anthology. Jules Quartly finds out why they think China is the new land of opportunity.
Tian'anmen was still buzzing with politicians and tourists on Sunday morning as the two sessions wrapped up under China's new leadership and trumpets sounded for the "Chinese dream".[More] Tanzanian Swahili broadcaster has China in her eyes
Wearing her traditional Muslim dress with her head covered by a light blue scarf, the Swahili language broadcaster says she was surprised when her department director told her of the invitation. But although she was surprised by the honor, her colleague Chen Lianying was not. Khamis has worked with CRI for more than five years, and before that she was both a teacher and broadcaster in Tanzania. After she was selected for the exchange program in China, Khamis was as anxious as she was excited. [More] |
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Through foreign eyes |
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A crusader for modern Chinese art
She has been documenting contemporary art in China for more than 20 years, but this Western advocate of young Chinese artists tells Chen Nan she has so much more to learn. [Full story] |
It took thousands of miles for Henriette Reker to experience the magic of traditional Chinese medicine, but she believes it was worth it.
"I found a few TCM doctors in Cologne, but it's never been as good as what I experienced in China last year," said Reker, deputy mayor of Cologne, Germany, as she underwent a series of TCM treatments at the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing on Wednesday. [Full story] |
 [Full story >> Focusing on the blur |
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Inspired by a visit to Beijing's 798 Art Zone, a London gallery owner is taking contemporary Chinese design, stimulated by the country's rapid changes, to a European audience. Cecily Liu reports. Liliane Fawcett says her gallery Themes & Variations has never attracted as much media coverage as in the past month, when it hosted its first exhibition of Chinese contemporary design. [Full story] |
The author is a Bangladeshi citizen studying PhD at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing. [Read his poem] |
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Spotlight on foreigners' career in Beijing |
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