For the most part, the Changchun Friends website is not very active and has been superseded by the Tencent "Wechat" app by the local expat community.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 The archived information here is still useful, but some may be out of date.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.

Changchun Friends

a great way to get involved

July 2013 Blog Posts (5)

What is the gentlest sport in the world that involves competition with another person or persons? And which is the most violent?

I will go for crown green bowling as being the most violent? Anyone care to differ?

Added by Richard Roman on July 12, 2013 at 22:46 — 2 Comments

New rules for foreign residents in China

This month, China will enforce new measures concerning us, the waiguoren.

Read this, it might concern you

http://chinadailymail.com/2013/07/08/chinas-new-visa-laws-target-expats/

Added by Vinz on July 12, 2013 at 10:52 — 3 Comments

Green sea in China

Have a look at this article of the beach in Qingdao

Great stuff!



The largest algal bloom ever recorded in China has turned the Yellow Sea green and may be related to pollution from agriculture and industry.



Officials in the city of Qingdao had used bulldozers to remove 7,335 tonnes of the growth from beaches according to the Xinhua news agency.…





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Added by Richard Roman on July 5, 2013 at 19:58 — 1 Comment

Do you REALLY know America? TAKE THE 25 QUESTION AMERICAN TEST TODAY!

The American Test

 

Happy 4th of July everyone!

 

     Its time to replace the test given to immigrants wanting to become naturalized Americans. The Statue of Liberty, Mississippi River and 100 senators are answers to questions that both native Americans and immigrants already know. The current test just scratches the surface of our great country. A more comprehensive test incorporating American…

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Added by CCF Beijing on July 3, 2013 at 11:00 — 2 Comments

Riot after Chinese teachers try to stop pupils cheating

I found this highly hilarious, since we as teachers also, I am sure, have had to deal with this!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10132391/Riot-after-Chinese-teachers-try-to-stop-pupils-cheating.html?fb

Added by Richard ridealgh on July 2, 2013 at 11:53 — 1 Comment

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