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An Expat in China

brian salter

52 episodes

6 days ago

What’s life really like as an Expatriate? More specifically, what’s it like to live and work in China? As I am asked regularly about my 7 years in China, I decided to draw on blogs and articles that I wrote, not to mention a guide book about Beijing*, to put together a series of podcasts all about what life is really like there. Please feel free to give feedback or ask any questions. New episodes will be added every day. *An Englishman in Beijing by Brian Salter Available on Taobao at https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId

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What’s life really like as an Expatriate? More specifically, what’s it like to live and work in China? As I am asked regularly about my 7 years in China, I decided to draw on blogs and articles that I wrote, not to mention a guide book about Beijing*, to put together a series of podcasts all about what life is really like there. Please feel free to give feedback or ask any questions. New episodes will be added every day. *An Englishman in Beijing by Brian Salter Available on Taobao at https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId

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Episodes (20/52)

An Expat in China

'An Expat in China' is Moving Home!

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11 months ago

46 seconds

An Expat in China

50: In Search of the Flying Watermelon

The "Marie Celeste" of Beijing's many museums, full of anything to do with water melons, but with not a single person anywhere to be seen... "An Expat in Beijing" by Brian Salter is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #watermelon #museum #daxing

11 months ago

10 minutes 40 seconds

An Expat in China

49: A Museum Not Suitable for the Faint of Heart

For those into CSI, surgical torture, and even policemen's helmets, you can't do better than visit Beijing's Police Museum "An Expat in Beijing" by Brian Salter is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #police #csi

12 months ago

9 minutes 20 seconds

An Expat in China

48: Dumplings! – Liaoning Style

In deference to the inspiration of Emperor Ferdinand 1 of Austria, I learn how to make Liaoning Dumplings... "An Expat in Beijing" by Brian Salter is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #dumplings #dumplingsrecipe

12 months ago

11 minutes 14 seconds

An Expat in China

47: Spare a thought for Beijing’s millions of homeless flies

What will happen to the itinerant fly population now that Beijing has determined that only two flies are allowed in each toilet? #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #flies #cleanupdrive #cleanup "An Expat in Beijing" by Brian Salter is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId

12 months ago

9 minutes 13 seconds

An Expat in China

46: The Museum that Wasn’t - Mind you don't sneeze!

The Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution is normally a must-see museum in the west of Beijing. But on my foray to the suburbs I am met with piles of dust and items on display are in desperate need of some good old fashioned TLC! "An Expat in Beijing" by Brian Salter is available for sale in China at ¥85 from Taobao: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm? id=675304960828&spm=a21dvs.23580594.0.0.3f062c1bQ6bPG5&skuId #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #militarymuseum #military #mig

12 months ago

6 minutes 58 seconds

An Expat in China

45: Great Hall of the People ... but is it all that great?

The Great Hall of the People was opened in September 1959 for the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic. Visitors are allowed in when Parliament isn't sitting. But how much of a must-see building is it? #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #greathall #parliament #tiananmen #tiananmensquare

12 months ago

9 minutes 2 seconds

An Expat in China

44: Time for Another Comeuppance... Brian's been a BAD boy!

Brian runs foul of the authorities for an unpaid debt of...US$0.11! #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #chinaunicom #debt

1 year ago

5 minutes 26 seconds

An Expat in China

43: Who turned the heating off?

Across from me in the office is a colleague wrapped up in a blanket; while sitting next to me is another in a trench coat. What on earth is going on? Is this an example of centralized planning taken to extremes? #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #heating #centralplanning

1 year ago

4 minutes 6 seconds

An Expat in China

42: Who Pinched all the Trains? - Beijing's Other Rail Museum

What happens when two different railway museums that are miles apart both decide that they are the real China Railway Museum? And then what do you do when one of them doesn't even have any trains? It's enough to make you weep! #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #railmuseum #chinarailway #museum

1 year ago

4 minutes 5 seconds

An Expat in China

41: Beijing’s Flight of Fancy - Civil Aviation Museum

How come a museum that has been open for only four months is already due to close for refurbishment? Maybe they intend to get rid of that thorn bush that made a totally unprovoked attack... #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #aircraft #airmuseum #civilaircraft #ilyushin

1 year ago

8 minutes 44 seconds

An Expat in China

40: The Unkindest Snip of All – Beijing’s Eunuch Museum

Why would any guy elect to have his manhood removed? Why, to work for the emperor of course! #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #eunuch #museum #papermaking #mummy #castration

1 year ago

16 minutes 36 seconds

An Expat in China

39: Star Gazing in Beijing

The walls at Jianguomen subway station are a dead give away. 350 years ago, a Jesuit was put in charge of this observatory by the Son of Heaven and the rest, as they say, is history... #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #observatory #armillary #gnomon

1 year ago

9 minutes 20 seconds

An Expat in China

38: China through a lens

The National Film Museum is an amazing place, in an amazing building with an amazing collection. But how do you get in? #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #cnfm #nfm #cinema #museum #film #imax

1 year ago

7 minutes 37 seconds

An Expat in China

37: A New Marketing Ploy for KFC?

A posting on Weibo went viral after a girl asked for a handsome delivery boy... #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #kfc #kfcviral #kfclover

1 year ago

2 minutes 36 seconds

An Expat in China

36: BeiJing's Tap Water Museum (yes it really does exist!)

Within spitting distance of the Russian Embassy, this must-visit attraction is not for alcoholics or those without a chaperone... and if you want to know what to do with your left-over sticky rice, then you'll find the answer here too!

1 year ago

10 minutes 35 seconds

An Expat in China

35: Santa Jostles with the Dragon

The actual date of Chinese New Year changes annually. Sometimes it's so close to Christmas that the two merge into one another... and Santa can be found wrestling for space with red diamond-shaped fu (福) characters ... #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #christmas #yearofthedragon #signs #chinglish

1 year ago

5 minutes 34 seconds

An Expat in China

34: Making tracks with Mao

The China Railway Museum (中国铁道博物馆) is one of three rail museums in Beijing. For overgrown schoolboys it's an oasis of delight - even if the temperature inside is down to minus 5 degrees! #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #chinarailmuseum #chinarailway #museum #trains #locomotive #steamengines

1 year ago

9 minutes 19 seconds

An Expat in China

33: Toasting the Dragon

They say the best parties to go to are surprise parties - even if they have been planned weeks in advance... #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #yearofthedragon #surpriseparty

1 year ago

8 minutes 32 seconds

An Expat in China

32: At home with Sung Qing-ling

The house and grounds of what had once been lived in by Sung Qing-ling, also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, is a beautiful unexpected oasis of peace and quiet that contrasts starkly with the hordes of tourists that pass by its front gates, many of them totally unaware of what lies inside. #expat #expatlife #expatriates #expatinchina #beijing #china #BeijingExpat #ExpatsInBeijing #WorkAbroad #GlobalCitizen #BeijingLife #ChinaPodcast #EmbracingExpatExperience #ChinaExpat #sungqingling #sunyatsen #shichahai

1 year ago

7 minutes