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Suzhou - 苏州
After more than 4 months in Shanghai, it is time to begin discovering a little bit more of the Chinese culture, history, architecture and people … I made a first stop at Suzhou, located 40 minutes from Shanghai with Express Train; this is a city with...
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1001 Noodles
This semester in Asia helped me to discover what is another culture: the Asian culture. Everything is different, in the day-to-day life and of course in the business life. In the day-to-day life, all the codes are different, especially regarding the meals,...
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Xi'an - 西安
My second stop was Xi’an, in the Shaanxi Province Xi’an , is a very ancient city of China. It has served as a capital city for 11 dynasties over a period of 1,100 years, longer than any other ancient capital city in China. Xian has 3,100 years of history...
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上海 - Better City, Better Life
After six months in China, I realized that I havn't introduce you to this amazing city I live in : Shanghai ! Shanghai is divided in two parts : Puxi (Pu means Shanghai, and Xi means west in Chinese) and Pudong (Dong means east). Those two parts are separated...
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Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix - 17/04/2011
Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing On the 17th of April, we went to the Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix. The Shanghai Grand Prix is the third step of the world championship. Until this race, Sebastian Vettel was the uncontested leader of this championship,...
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Beijing - 北京
Beijing litteraly means "The Northern Capital City". The first character, 北 (bei), means "north", and the second one, 京 (jing), means "city". Since 1421, under the Ming Dynasty and the emperor Yongle, Beijing is the capital of China. Its surface is around...
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Xin Nian Kuai Le !
Xin nian kuai le wode zhonguo ren de pengyou ! (Wish you all the best for the rabbit year !) The 3rd of February was the first day of the Chinese Calendar: it’s time to say goodbye to the Tiger Year and to welcome the Rabbit year ! This is also the beginning...
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Jasmine Revolution...
Everybody has heard of what's is going on in the Middle East and in Northern Africa, what the medias call "The Jasmine Revolution". Those movments were successful in some countries, like Tunisia or Egypt. But what about China ? Many western countries...
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Nexans Greater China
My first internship abroad took an end Monday 28th of February. What an experience ! First, about the company : With energy as the basis of its development, Nexans is a global player in the infrastructure, industry, building and Local Area Network markets....
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A little view on Fukushima's events, from the other side of the Yellow Sea
Let's take a look back on what happened in March, in Japan. As everybody knows, a huge earthquake happened on the 11th of march (9 degrees on Richter's Scale, one of the biggest in the world), in the nothern part of the country. Thousands of people died,...
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Lyon, le 10 décembre 2010. J-28 !
Entre deux révisions, voici le premier article de ce blog ! Et oui, le départ c'est pour bientôt : dans très exactement 28 jours, je serai dans l'avion, destination l'Empire du Milieu ! J'ai hâte, et plus le temps passe, et plus cela se concrétise : je...
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Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade - 上海对外贸易学院
During my academic exchange, my university in China is called the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade. This is a public Chinese University, founded in 1960 which is under the administration of the Shanghai Municipal Government. The university mainly teaches...
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Last weeks, last pictures...
Pudong - from The Bund, Shanghai Playing Mahjong, Old City, Shanghai Jinmao & Oriental Pearl TV Towers & The Bund, from the Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower - Summer Time, Shanghai The Chinese Flag, Shanghai Chinese Taxi,...
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First steps, first pictures
Pudong area (financial district), Shanghai, China East Nanjing Road, Puxi area, Shanghai, China Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Pudong area, Shanghai, China Puxi area, from the Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China Pagoda, Zhenjiang, China Zhenjiang, China