For the most part, the Changchun Friends website is not very active and has been superseded by the Tencent "Wechat" app by the local expat community.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 The archived information here is still useful, but some may be out of date.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

a great way to get involved

Richard Roman's Blog – July 2013 Archive (2)

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

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