Tag: China

If you want to open a bank account in the United States, you walk into a branch of a bank ...

“China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world.” --Napoleon Bonaparte These ...

Like most everyone else in Paris, we've decamped. Unlike most others, though, we have not traveled south to the French ...

Opinions of the United States are largely positive and improving, according to a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research ...

Inside Life In Kunming, China Vicki and I are living in Kunming, China, for two months. We want to get ...

China has boosted its Internet censorship by blocking virtual private networks (VPNs), which permit users to bypass government censorship and ...

Easier Than Ever To Visit, Even To Stay In This Beautiful, Exotic, And Affordable Land Vicki and I just picked ...

Denis Foynes - China’s Panda Diplomacy program has sparked a political rift in Belgium being coined “Pandagate”. The dispute has been ...

China Vs Vietnam A well-traveled friend recently asked my take on the difference between Vietnam and China. What's the difference ...

Denis Foynes - In China, an old lady’s life savings of US$66,000 have been ruined by termites. The money was ...

Globalization has made the world smaller and the stats reflect that. The tourist industry has grown rapidly over the last ...

The Road To Kashgar--China's Last Frontier Sometimes, just the name of a place can conjure up images of the strange, ...

Currency Manipulators And Other Global Demons Quote of the Day: "Kathleen, I'd suggest not using FATCA in subject lines anymore, ...

Return To Beijing The last time my husband David and I were in Beijing was in 2005. Although we enjoyed ...

Emergency Medical Care In Southwest China? No Problem Paul and I flew into Chongqing, China, and found short lines at ...

“Kathleen, having lived in Panama, I’m wondering if Doug G. thought some of the black sand beaches were oil, versus trace ...

One Week At Red Cliff Village Our flight from Bangkok to Chongqing, China, was packed with Chinese. The Air Asia ...

Low-Cost Living Today…Currency Upside Tomorrow "A local hotel here advertises their bar as 'a bridge, waterfall, sunshine, and piano--it could ...

Who Moved Our Hotel? "Vicki and I are in remote Tonghai, China," writes Intrepid Correspondent Paul Terhorst, "a two-hour bus ...

Irresistibly Exotic "This trip to China is not like my five previous trips," writes new China Correspondent William Eubank. "This ...

Bests And Worsts For 2011 World's most user-friendly overseas retirement option: Panama... Best place to operate an international business: Panama… ...

Foreign Retirement Benefits In Jinghong, Southern China Jinghong, China "I'm in Jinghong, southern China, staying at the College guesthouse," writes ...