The New Chinese Year starts on 31 January 2014
The second new moon after the Winter solstice falls…
For the most part, the Changchun Friends website is not very active and has been superseded by the Tencent "Wechat" app by the local expat community.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 The archived information here is still useful, but some may be out of date.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 now has a street view, similar to Google street view. Now you can explore our favorite city from the comfort of your keyboard. The pictures are recent, taken in the Summer of 2013, showing Changchun in all of its Summer glory. This can be very useful for describing locations and finding unfamiliar locations.…
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This canny canine has worked out that you don't need to work like a dog to enjoy the finer things in life.
Bobby the cocker spaniel has realised that his good looks alone will persuade passers-by to part with their cash…
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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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This was sent to me in an email, and I thought I'd share it with any Quebecers in Changchun friends.
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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
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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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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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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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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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In order to welcome Vasaloppet China 2014 and the Changchun Ski Travel Festival, the Changchun Jingyuetan National Forest Park has created a "Jingyue ice world" for visitors to enjoy the winter scenery.
The "Jingyue ice world" consists of 40,000 cubic meters with the entire predicted snowfall to cover 100,000 cubic meters. The main ice…
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TAOISM : Shit happens.
CONFUCIANISM : Confucius say, " Shit happens ".
ZEN : ( What is the sound of shit happening?
JESUITISM : If shit happens and when nobody is watching, is it
really shit?
ISLAM : Shit happens if it is the will of Allah.
CATHOLICISM : Shit happens because you are bad.
PSYCHOANALYSIS : Shit happens…
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Hello Everyone. Winter vacation is coming (this is not just winter work) and that means some of you foreign teachers may not have work. If you are interested in teaching adults business english please contact me at ashley@yinggetraining.com
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We didn’t come to China
Downtown David’s turkey feast
Best Thanksgiving in the East
Hulan's dancing, holy smoke!
Dutch Martin cracks a joke
John is running Quiz Night
Anthony’s new disco bike
Derek serves a Dong Bei snack
Ellie loves Mahatma Jack
Burns does the Gangnam style
Spring lasts a little while
Any ideas? give me…
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/americans-try-to-place-european-countries-on-a-map
Does anyone have "Europeans try to place all US states on a map"? :)
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