Tag: beijing

  • Page One Bookstore 叶一堂, Beijing

    Page One Bookstore 叶一堂, Beijing

    This post is based on one of two very different bookstores in Beijing which I(Chris) visited before the pandemic. First, Page One is a bookstore chain and publisher founded in Singapore in 1983 by Mark Tan (陈家强), which has retail shops built in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Thailand, and in China (since the…

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  • Wangfujing Bookstore 王府井书店, Beijing

    Wangfujing Bookstore 王府井书店, Beijing

    The following two posts are about two very different bookstores in Beijing, both visited before the pandemic. The first is Wanfujing Bookstore, situated at the beginning of Wangfujing Dajie (王府井大街), in Dongcheng district 東城區 of central Beijing. I (Chris) was on a business trip and I dragged a very patient colleague along to this bookstore. …

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  • Our trips 2019, part 1

    Our trips 2019, part 1

    Dear Readers, Happy 2020 ! We have moved here about a decade ago, and started this blog just before our departure from New York. So this blog is 10 years old ! We took a break from updating the blog earlier this year because of other projects.  But we are committed to keep this going as long…

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  • Our trips 2018, part 2

    Our trips 2018, part 2

    Dear Readers, It has been a tradition on this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. In Part 1, we posted photos of places we visited in the second half of 2018. Here are the places we visited in the first half. Click on the links, where…

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