For the most part, the Changchun Friends website is not very active and has been superseded by the Tencent "Wechat" app by the local expat community.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 The archived information here is still useful, but some may be out of date.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

Rome pizza school: learning how to make Italy's favourite food - video

in the first of a series of films produced by expedia.co.uk, chef Gabriele Bonci has turned Italy's favourite food into an art form, earning him the title the 'Michelangelo of pizza'. Now he is teaching others how to make gourmet creations at his Rome pizza school. Lee Marshall signs up for…

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Added by Richard Roman on September 6, 2011 at 23:00 — 5 Comments

Taxi Drivers I have known

So, I get into the taxi and it has a big NO SMOKING sign. two minutes into the journey and the driver offers me a cigarette as he lights up . I accept of course! I point to the sign and give him an inquisitive look. He smiles and shrugs

 

tell us your stories of Changchun taxi drivers!

Added by Richard Roman on September 3, 2011 at 16:04 — 4 Comments

Hope this comes up!

From: Markus Schoenefeld <gm.dk1308@gmail.com>

To: richardroman55@yahoo.com

Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 18:17

Subject: News from Drei Kronen 1308…
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Added by Richard Roman on September 1, 2011 at 0:43 — No Comments

Changchun one of the 5 happiest places in China

Shanghai one of China's 'most miserable' cities

Locals react to report claiming Shanghai is about as much fun as a hole in the head

For one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, Shanghai is a surprisingly depressing place in which to live -- that's the takeaway from new research on the satisfaction levels of China's city dwellers.



According to the report on the happiness of Chinese residents, published earlier this month, Shanghai is third to last out of 100 Chinese… Continue

Added by Richard Roman on August 29, 2011 at 17:06 — 4 Comments

Catch me if you can: Top 10 expat con artists

Here is an article from the daily telegraph about the top ten ex pat con artists. Do we have any such con artists here in Changchun? ChangchunLive will soon be setting up a rogues gallery!

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/offshorefinance/8717778/Catch-me-if-you-can-Top-10-expat-con-artists.html

 

No.1:…

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Added by Richard Roman on August 27, 2011 at 13:44 — No Comments

The rise of binge drinking in China

Binge-drinking is increasingly common for Chinese professionals – often it's even in the job description

 

Peter Chi knows he has to cut back on his drinking. It is not much fun at the best of times, and the worst have included hospitalisation – after drinking fake alcohol – and the numerous evenings where he has passed out at the table.

"No one likes binge drinking, but…

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Added by Richard Roman on August 23, 2011 at 12:12 — 14 Comments

who can name the world's best-selling beer brand. Heineken, perhaps? Or Carlsberg? Maybe Budweiser…?

Here's a game you can play the next time you go for a pint: offer the price of a pint of English ale to any fellow drinker who can name the world's best-selling beer brand. Heineken, perhaps? Or Carlsberg? Maybe Budweiser…?…

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Added by Richard Roman on August 23, 2011 at 7:11 — 4 Comments

New Chinese Marriage Law Protects Men’s Assets, Angers Women

Marriage Law’s latest judicial interpretation controversy, accused of favoring the already advantaged…

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Added by Richard Roman on August 18, 2011 at 23:44 — No Comments

Virgin Island artist completes fireball in China

 Virgin Islands artist Aragorn Dick-Read works on a 10-foot-wide fireball that was lit on Sunday during the 12th Annual Changchun International Sculpture Symposium in China. Aragorn Dick-Read’s dream of building what he believes to be the biggest fireball sculpture in the world came true over the weekend in China.

 

On Sunday during the 12th Annual China Changchun International Sculpture Symposium, Mr. Dick-Read’s 10-feet-wide creation was lit for an audience that…

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Added by Richard Roman on August 18, 2011 at 22:38 — No Comments

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