For the most part, the Changchun Friends website is not very active and has been superseded by the Tencent "Wechat" app by the local expat community. This website is maintained sporadically, people may still join and membership is still open, but if you are a spammer, stay away. The archived information here is still useful, but some may be out of date. There are plans to make it more useful for static information in the future. If anyone needs information about Changchun or China, you may post a message and it probably will get a response but not immediately.

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January 2014 Blog Posts (9)

2014 – Horoscope for The Year of The Horse

The New Chinese Year starts on 31 January 2014

The second new moon after the Winter solstice falls…

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Added by Downtown David - 白大伟 on January 31, 2014 at 3:23 — 3 Comments

Quebec Explained

This was sent to me in an email, and I thought I'd share it with any Quebecers in Changchun friends.

Quebec Explained - Only in Canada….

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Added by Chris Knight on January 26, 2014 at 12:55 — 3 Comments

Superbowl XLVIII

Denver Broncos vs Seattle Seahawks - who to win and why the hell hold it outdoors in New Jersy in February?

It's on Feb 2nd - so Monday morning of the 3rd in the Chun. Anyone showing it?

Coffees and donuts!

I go for Denver but have no idea

Added by Richard Roman on January 26, 2014 at 1:16 — No Comments

Changchun website, A platform for expats!

Richard and I talking to China Daily on Christmas morning about the site and DRINKING!

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sunday/2014-01/19/content_17243953.htm

Added by Richard ridealgh on January 21, 2014 at 12:25 — 8 Comments

Top Germany wines arrived

My firm imported some top Germany wines directly from German winery to Changchun by air, they arrived here last weekend.
I am going to offer some bottles for free tasting at happy amigo sometime next week.
Preview the wines at www.intervavo.tumblr.com if u want.

See u soon ;-)

Added by Bill Zhang on January 19, 2014 at 9:01 — No Comments

English teaching job

A newly open school in changchun"Lamour International Education Academy" located in ChaoYang district(CiGuang Lu) is looking for English teacher.Students:3 years old-10 years old with possibility to open classes for older kids ( 11 years and more).100 RMB/hour…

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Added by Moses DIARSO on January 16, 2014 at 17:39 — 13 Comments

Man proposes to his girlfriend while dressed as the Predator character in a bar in Changchun

A man dressed as the movie character Predator proposed to his girlfriend at a bar in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province on Wednesday.

After the girl named Zhu Wenjing entered the bar, 7 people dressed as movie characters in Predators, Star Wars and Transformers appeared in front of her suddenly, startling her…

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Added by David Emmerson Nicholson on January 16, 2014 at 8:20 — No Comments

Lucrative Chinese gaming market opened for game consoles after 14-year-long ban

As an avid PS3 gamer, this is most welcome news!

The 'big three' producers of video game consoles, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, are eying the uncharted territory of the Chinese $14bn market, after the country suspended the 2000 ban on foreign consoles.

Back in 2000, the Chinese government banned the sale of game consoles in the country citing concerns that…

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Added by David Emmerson Nicholson on January 8, 2014 at 17:15 — 2 Comments

China’s shopping malls offering ‘husband cloakrooms’ where wives can leave their other halves while they hit the stores

Shopping is fun, but dragging a reluctant man around the shops with you can diminish the pleasure somewhat.

For women in China, however, help is at hand with the introduction of 'husband storage' - fully equipped rooms where men can sit down, have a little sleep, and tut about their…

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Added by David Emmerson Nicholson on January 7, 2014 at 12:00 — No Comments