Category archive for ‘Shop’ 
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Lonely China Excluded
Dropped into the Hangzhou Foreign Language Bookstore the other day and managed to snap this photo when nobody was looking. Can you see anything missing?
By SWG
It’s a nice shop though. Top floor has a collection of coffee table art books, some mangled by years of people thumbing through them, others wrapped and in perfect nick. Middle [...]
Adding Passport Pages for US Citizens
If you’re like me—an American living in China—chances are you will reach a time when your passport has run out of empty pages. Let’s face it, we are not lucky Canadians who have 48 empty pages at their disposal. When I got my first passport in 2004, it came complete with 14 pages for visas and stamps. 4 years of living in China and 9 different Chinese visas later, I found that I had run out of space (my temporary 1-month resident visa took up the last page I had!) What to do?!? Luckily, I live in Hangzhou…just a 90-minute D-train ride from Shanghai—home of the US Embassy. I had visited their website about a year ago when I took another look at my passport when returning to Hangzhou from visiting the States and realized what little room there actually was in it. Turns out,...
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Wacky Weather
April is upon us...and the rain and the winds have truly come to play. Hang onto your hats and umbrellas! Thankfully, our fair city has plenty of indoor options. Restaurants (and increasingly better ones), bars and clubs abound in Hangzhou. So grab some friends or your sweetie and find a hotspot to bunker down in on this blustery Tuesday night!
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Evangelist to preach to 20,000 in Hangzhou – Update
Over the 2 day period March 20/21, 14,000 people came to hear Evangelist Luis Palau and the Rev. James Meeks preach in Hangzhou Chong Yi Church. The aim had been 20,000, but the rain didn't evaporate on the way down and dampened the spirits. ...
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The Norway Woods Bar
I dont really see myself rushing off to Norway Woods of an evening, but should try some time. Charlie of G+ / Wahaha fame is running the place now, and so I am sure it is a pretty slick operation. But perhaps Norway Woods is just as suited for a cheeky afternoon, early evening drink. A good...
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KLM does the decent thing
KLM will start direct flights between Amsterdam and Hangzhou from 8th May. These non stop flights between Amsterdam and Hangzhou with KLM are scheduled to depart Amsterdam on the flight number KL881 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays to reach Hangzhou the next day and KLM return flight number...
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