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Re: Coming Back to Beijing: A charming kind of madness

Mike — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:19:15 -0000

Coming back to China from the "west" is awesome!! There is a faster pace to things and a exciting feel.

Even if you just walk across the border from HK, you feel it. HK is luxurious, old, comforting. Shenzhen is vibrant, down to earth and happenin.

The old vs. the new.

Re: Coming Back to Beijing: A charming kind of madness

Mike Kayton — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:20:58 -0000

Somebody asked if you knew Mike K? Am I that Mike K?

I think we did have lunch on Thursday before you left...

Who was it that asked?

- "Mike K."

Re: Coming Back to Beijing: A charming kind of madness

Jason — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:08:17 -0000

I live in SH and will be relocated to Nanjing in the fall to teach/study.
I'm feeling similar feelings about the difference between life in the big, and life in the second tier cities.
Only time will tell, but man, SH is a good place to be. Nanjing might not offer the same kind of release I think the big cities can.