For the most part, the Changchun Friends website is not very active and has been superseded by the Tencent "Wechat" app by the local expat community.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 The archived information here is still useful, but some may be out of date.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

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Richard Roman's Blog – February 2012 Archive (3)

'Sand Dredging' and 'Cooking with Poo' up for bizarre title of the year book prize

A Century of Sand Dredging in the Bristol Channel: Volume Two and Cooking with Poo are on a shortlist for the prize of the oddest book title of the year.

It is considered alongside Cooking with Poo, a Thai cooking book by Saiyuud Diwong. “Poo” is Thai for “crab” and is also the chef’s nickname.

The self explanatory Estonian Sock Patterns All Around the World by Aino Praakli is also…

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Added by Richard Roman on February 24, 2012 at 17:38 — 1 Comment

Apple battles to avoid iPad ban in China

Apple battles to avoid iPad ban in China

The latest stage of Apple’s battle to use the “iPad” trademark in China saw heated exchanges in a Shanghai court, as the technology giant fought to avoid disruption to global supplies of its best-selling tablet.

t is under attack from Shenzhen Proview Technology, a Chinese company, which registered the iPad trademark in 2001. Apple bought rights to the name fro £35,000 from a Taiwanese company affiliated with Proview but the mainland…

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Added by Richard Roman on February 22, 2012 at 22:47 — 5 Comments

weekend in Hong Kong

Am thinking of going to HK for a weekend - tips/hints on hotels/ restaurants what to do etc warmly welcomed

Added by Richard Roman on February 13, 2012 at 15:02 — 7 Comments

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