Coupons once used in China for buying grain; flour, rice, food oil, (eggs, cloth, bicycles…) these coupons we have collected between years 1964 to 1996. My family happened to have kept some of them. Not many people have these in their hands.
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China’s history of food coupons for families
A broken bicycle in Zhangjiagang helps break a language barrier
My new home would be in Zhangjiagang, 张家港, a city of about 1 million people (small for Chinese standards). It was 90 miles northwest of Shanghai and more than 10,000 miles from what I had always known as home in Springville, Iowa (a town of about 1,200).
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China: The best four months of my life
When I hugged my dad goodbye in Fargo, North Dakota, I was nervous and worried considering China was on the opposite side of the world, I didn’t know anyone and I would be away from the comforts of home for four months.
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My visit to Wangjing, the city inside Beijing
Some regions of Wangjing are already well developed with offices of international companies including Microsoft; Caterpillar, Mercedes-Benz, Sony-Ericsson, Motorola, Agilent… Plus, plenty of local start-up companies being recruited by Wangjing Science & Technology Park.
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About My China Journal – Share your stories with our readers
Whether you are a Chinese citizen living in China, an expat working in China, a foreigner who once traveled across China, or you had a short stay in China, we invite you to share your original story with our readers.
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