My impression of Beijing changes every time I visit. Compared to my last trip in Sept 08 (right after the Olympics), I noticed the following changes, both big and small. Of course, the entire world has also shifted quite a bit over the past 6 months or so.
Traffic is a bit worse than during the [...]
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Took some time to update both the Beijing page, and added a page for Guilin/Yangshuo. Also added some travel resource links on the sidebar…
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Customer service is certainly not one of China’s strong points. I have a new view on service, however, after a few trips to Beijing. If you define customer service as a proactive behavior, then China scores terribly. If you define customer serice by what you can get done, it’s actually not bad at all. You [...]
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On a recent trip to Beijing, I met an American who was on his first visit to China. He made a comment that he’s a bit disappointed about Beijing because it “didn’t feel like China”. I wasn’t quite sure how to respond since, 1) if that was his first visit, how does he know what China should [...]
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