The travels of Justin

Dan Harris at the China Law Blog discovered that Newsweek is calling Nanchang one of the worlds “ten most dynamic cities.” Aside from the formalities of getting settled in, I haven’t made any specific plans for exploring the area. If any of you, my readers, have questions about Nanchang, I invite you to put them [...]

I’ve just wrapped up a week in Dalian (大连市) and I can tell you it’s been nice. Staying with friends, I’ve had access to the internet long enough to upload a lot of photos that have been waiting for such an occassion. Here’s a view from the 29th floor apartment I’ve been staying: Dalian skyline [...]

In 9-months Tianjin has become a familiar place for me, just as Kamloops did in my single year of living there. From the cosy dorm at TUT, it’s hard to imagine the amazing growth that this city will experience over the next 5-years. With its population of 10-million people (about 1/3 the population of Canada), [...]

Upon returning to school, I started a new class: Managerial Economics. My teacher has come from TRU in Canada to teach my class in China. The thing I enjoy best is not that the teacher is a native English speaker. Everyone assumes that language is the biggest thing, but I am enjoying a little bit [...]

Last night I got to see a small punk concert in Beijing. I’m not a big punk fan, but it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed the bands and the atmosphere. Leaving the club I experienced my first Beijing sandstorm. Nothing exciting really. It was just strong winds with sand blowing in your [...]

I’m often asked what kind of things are different between Canada and China to which my first response is always the same: the driving. It’s not so much of a critisim as it is simply is a very clear difference between two countries. My rule of thumb for safe travelling to any country you are [...]