For the most part, the Changchun Friends website is not very active and has been superseded by the Tencent "Wechat" app by the local expat community.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 The archived information here is still useful, but some may be out of date.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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August 2013 Blog Posts (13)

Blow-up clogs, Renaissance toast ... and Kevin Bacon: Vote reveals the 50 funniest one-liners ever

The world' s 50 top on liner jokes have been voted on. This came in a No.3 but I just love it and Tommy Cooper is an all time great!





3. Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It’s either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it’s Colin - Tommy Cooper…





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Added by Richard Roman on August 31, 2013 at 17:36 — No Comments

Medical insurance in China.

Hi just wondering if anyone can recommend me a good medical insurance company for expats living in China. Thank you for your help.

Added by Pierre Robichaud on August 25, 2013 at 10:02 — 1 Comment

Map of the World Adjusted for the Population Size of Countries

If you were to re-draw the map of the world according to each countries population, you would get a warped world that looked like this. Some giant countries like Canada and Australia become tiny strips and dots while other giant countries like China and India predictably inflate and take over the map. You can also see how crowded some countries are, Japan is bigger than Mexico! But at least these countries made it, Iceland and Belize didn't even have enough people in it to show…

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Added by David Emmerson Nicholson on August 22, 2013 at 11:35 — 1 Comment

For all you American baseball fans the best ever first pitch!- all the way from Korea

Best first pitch ever? South Korean actress's acrobatic throw in stunt that left a former Major League pitcher smiling in disbelief


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2398617/Best-pitch-South-Korean-actress-latest-make-acrobatic-throw-stunt-left-Major-League-pitcher-smiling-disbelief.html

Added by Richard Roman on August 21, 2013 at 17:25 — No Comments

BBC Strikes China Content Deal

 The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has licensed 65 hours of TV shows to Chinese state TV broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV).

The deal was announced Wednesday at the third annual BBC Worldwide China Showcase, a sales and pitching event held in Beijing.

Factual programs, in particular natural history shows, made up most of the package. Titles concerned included “Attenborough’s Ark,”…

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Added by David Emmerson Nicholson on August 21, 2013 at 17:21 — 1 Comment

To Pee Or Not To Pee; Shenzhen Proposes Fee For Missing Toilet Bowl

 

People with a poor aim are to be fined if they miss their mark when using public toilets in a Chinese city, officials said -- provoking online derision over how the rule will be enforced.

The penalty will apply to those who urinate outside the bowl of facilities in Shenzhen, the southern boom town neighbouring Hong Kong, although draft regulations seen by AFP did not specify a minimum quantity of spillage required to be classed as a violation.

"Such uncouth use of a…

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Added by David Emmerson Nicholson on August 21, 2013 at 17:20 — No Comments

Is this the world's worst zoo? Visitors' fury after staff in China try to pass off Tibetan Mastiff as a lion

A China zoo has been forced to apologise after it tried to pass off a dog as a lion.

Angry visitors to the People's Park in Luohe, Henan province, complained when the 'African lion' started barking.

Zoo staff said they had pretended the Tibetan mastiff was a lion because they could not afford the real thing,…





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Added by Richard Roman on August 16, 2013 at 11:33 — 2 Comments

Wife Saves Suicidal Husband By Holding Onto His Boxer Shorts Off 6-storey building in Changchun

 A suicidal husband was saved after trying to leap from his bedroom window — when his wife grabbed him by his boxer shorts. Witnesses say Ling Su clung on single handed for 20 minutes before police and firefighters arrived. He was dangling from a six-storey apartment in Changchun, Jilin province, northern China.

    http://www.osundefender.org/?p=114508

Added by David Emmerson Nicholson on August 16, 2013 at 10:59 — 2 Comments

17 inch laptop bag for sale

Hi everyone  I am selling a like new 17 inch Swiss gear laptop bag used around 10 times asking        300 RMB or best offer.  RMB or best offer. just send me a message if you are…

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Added by Pierre Robichaud on August 15, 2013 at 11:30 — No Comments

Great way to use a watermelon!

The fruit of my loins! Proud father shows the world his brilliant method for keeping his son cool... shorts and hat carved

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2388533/The-fruit-loins-Proud-father-shows-world-brilliant-method-keeping-son-cool--shorts-hat-carved-frozen-watermelon.html

Added by Richard Roman on August 10, 2013 at 14:30 — 1 Comment

Which hotels are they singing about?

A Seattle man recently won the opportunity to choose the melodies for the Fountains of Bellagio, which are set to music and where each display is unique. Eric Wiebusch won the prize at the Las Vegas hotel by earning one million points playing an online game. He chose the 60th birthday of his wife, Sue, to redeem the prize.

They travelled to the city and were treated to a display that included their two chosen pieces of music 'God Bless the USA' and the Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with… Continue

Added by Richard Roman on August 9, 2013 at 19:00 — 1 Comment

EXPAT's need help too !!!!!

ELLEN’S

EXPAT personal shopper

All your needs to get started, WINTER-wear, Kitchen, Bath, Clothes, Linens…CLEANING SERVICE………Personal. ALL your needs at the best prices. Ellen knows where to shop…wholesale markets, all over the city. DON’T pay Guilin Lu prices, save some money….

Ellen is from CC, she knows the culture and is an expert at bargaining…. Don’t pay the higher prices and make it EASY on yourself during culture shock, LET ELLEN HELP…Make your life…

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Added by Rick Hark on August 5, 2013 at 16:12 — No Comments

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