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small world big world for sure! My wife and I came to share the Good News (more info in my thread saying "hi" to everyone). To earn our keep, I am a principal/Athletic Director of a local Private school and my wife teaches 1st grade. For the most part, we like Beijing. Don't get me wrong, there...

Haha, crazy right? It is painfully slow and cuts out every once in a while, but it is internet none the less!

You got that right Ahab!!! If they wanted to fix the pollution problem overnight, they could... literally overnight. Gov officials usually mention how they are helping make the pollution "better" in public addresses... during the last change of power about a year ago or so, no one mentioned the...

Welcome from a ways away. Glad to have another Texan!

Welcome from Beijing... I am originally from a small town west of CC. Glad your here!

Wow, bejing will not inspect Chinese made cars over 15 years old. Imported cars have the normal restrictions like a new car. Hope y'all can keep it clean and beautiful in Italy! Anywhere you go in China, you find smog. Anywhere. It is really sad and depressing.

Wow, i didnt know that. Im glad they are doing something to keep it under control. The government regulates cars every day. If you have a Beijing license plate, you can only drive your car legally 6 days a week. Depending on what number your plate number ends in, you cannot drive a certain day...

Oh the wonderful air in Beijing... It is terrible. Average visibility in the winter is probably 300 yards. Nice metallic taste and nasty smell. The air quality index (AQI) used to max out at 500. Last year they change the algorithm to be accurate enough for higher readings. Before last year we...

Thanks all. We have been trying really hard to get Mr. Li out, but they really really want him to stay in. I am the Principal/Athletic Director of a school and will fulfill my contract before coming home regardless if Mr. Li is out. That is why we will be here until July 2015 at the earliest...

I have seen that build... absolutely beautiful! Hopefully I will be able to make something close to that nice one of these days!

Hey yall, I have been lurking around here for several months and decided to join the other day… I am originally from a tiny dusty farming community called Agua Dulce, Texas (about 45 minutes West of Corpus Christi). I enjoy working with my hands (welding, wood work, fixing anything I can find...