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Back home – expats share their journey of returning to Guangzhou during pandemic
When the epidemic started in China, many foreigners living in Guangzhou were on holidays or went back in their home country. Now they are returning to their life and work, perhaps for their pets! I interviewed three foreigners on their experience of returning to Guangzhou, what happened at the airport and how they feel being in home or hotel quarantine. Fabiola from Canada Fabiola has been living and working in Guangzhou for 8 years, most of the expat community knows her as one of the co-founders of Global Friendship. She and her husband had flown to Canada for Christmas, then traveled in Mexico. After the holiday and realizing the situation…
This is how I would prepare my family and my business for a pandemic
I woke up to the situation of new coronavirus late, only last day of the Chinese year we started to realize this was going to be serious. Still we thought it’s just going to be one month and things can…
Day 29 of mostly staying at home due to outbreak
We aren’t under quarantine, our city is not under lockdown, but it’s been 29 days since there was any type of normalcy in our lives here in Guangzhou, China. Now finally we are starting to take steps back into our…
Living in China during coronavirus outbreak
You are online reading this blog, so you must have heard about the recent coronavirus outbreak. I’m not going to repeat what the news are saying, but I wanted to write a litte about my own experience in living in…
Huangpu ancient village and old port
Huangpu ancient port and village was founded in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), it was the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road and the only treaty port until late Qing dynasty. If you are visiting or living in Guangzhou,…
