QR Codes

This woman was selling ice cream for 5 kuai (less than $1 USD). Notice the QR code on her bag--it's for the Chinese version of Venmo. You scan it and send her 5 kuai, then show her proof you paid. Even street vendors are going cashless!

Don't Make Me Come Back There

November 6th 2018
Today was mostly spent traveling and eating. I was exhausted and tried to sleep for most of the day on the bus, but my parents sat in the row behind me and every time I’d start to fall asleep, one of them would poke me. Mom was trying to translate Chinese to English, and was texting Olivia in New York and then trying to get me to read it, and Dad kept poking me on the head every time we passed a ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Zhongshan

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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