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Welcome to the
"Survival Kit" for Shenzhen Expats!
This page features
views by local expats and internet resources targeted at expats in
Shenzhen and nearby areas.
Each heading below
offers links to
off-site resources or entries
in the LIFESiZE
blog. More Shenzhen
information can be found by checking the LIFESiZE
Homepage. If you are a regular visitor to LIFESiZE, your best
bet is just to check the blog
occasionally.
Blogs:
China has more blogs than
you can shake a stick at. There is a long list of them at Sinosplice,
which can be sorted by the name of the site or by the location of the
writer. This list is limited to Shenzhen (and
a few notable near-Shenzhen) blogs; the quoted descriptions are from the
Sinosplice listing:
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The Laughing Buddha:
This blog contains occasional updates on the activities of my Laughing
Buddha endeavor. It also incorporate the LIFESiZE blog associated with these expat resource
pages, and my ramblings about life in Shenzhen, a "Special Zone"
in many ways...
(Revised January 5, 2006)
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Shenzhen Zen
(in
China): "An American's expat experiences." The
description leaves much to be desired. It's funny. Damned
funny. I met Justin through this blog before I came here,
making him my oldest friend in Shenzhen. Now resident in Hong
Kong, his weekly returns to "the Lucky Number" make this a
must-read for Shenzheners.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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ShenzhenRen:
"An American expat's combination of observations on China, snarky political comments, and a long postcard home to the kids."
Written by our friend Sam, this one comes highly recommended.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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Half a
World Away (in
China): E-pal Patrick's blog on music
and life in Shenzhen, with the added perspective of a student of Chinese
language. Always entertaining.
(Posted January 5, 200645)
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ZHAOPIAN
MEITIAN Our friend Jesse's Xanga site, this daily photo blog has
the most amazing pictures of Shenzhen we have seen. We now use
Jesse as a benchmark for our own photos, and occasionally curse his
excellence. (Posted
October 26, 2005)
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KANIGMA.ORG
Recommended by the above-mentioned Jesse, this page has writings and
photos about Shenzhen.
(Posted
October 26, 2005)
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Taschenrechner.us:
Good, straightforward observations by a Chinese-speaking American in
Shenzhen and greater Guangdong.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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Bring on the Night:
"Going from Denmark to China for the first time ever, and the time after."
A Dane on a quest for love writes an apres-blog with the
benefit of hindsight. Sporadically posted but way cool.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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Me me me...
(in
China): " Indian's experiences working in China."
The site seems defunct, and the author left Shenzhen in mid-2004.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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TimKelley.net:
" American TEFL teaching experiences." Jesse
says Tim has returned to America; I can only find one picture at a
time there.
(Updated October 26, 2005) August 31, 2005)
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The Barefoot Fool:
My old blog, from my first half-year in China.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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Websites:
Here are websites
dedicated to English information about living in Shenzhen and the
surrounding areas.
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Shenzhen
Party (.com): I was reading this site before I ever moved to Shenzhen,
to get a sense of the place. It remains Shenzhen's Number One
listings, and is in many ways Shenzhen's expat "face" to
the world.
(Posted August 30, 2005)
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Shenzhen
Government Online: The
English top page leads to tons of information on government
agencies and services, as well as "booster" information on
Shenzhen's history
and geography.
Don't miss the list of issues of the "Government Gazette"
which contains notices of new laws and other documents recently
released. There's also a list of E-mail
addresses for government officers (though it's not clear which
officer is in charge of what), and a (pretty useless) map
of Shenzhen. And for sheer enjoyment, there's an extremely random
list of restaurants
that includes one named "Shantian Fish Head & Wild Mushroom,"
and the "Shenzhen Tongjufu Medicine Meal Restaurant" which
features the mysterious "Chinese Medicine cuisine."
(Posted August 10, 2005)
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Shenzhen
Window: These pages and those of Shenzhen
Government Online are often indistinguishable from each other.
(Posted August 30, 2005)
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Shenzhen.net:
The "Web Site Directory" on the lower part of the page is
mostly filled with ads, but the top five buttons (How
to Get there Where
to Sleep Where
to Eat Explore
Shenzhen Everything
Else) lead to some useful information.
(Posted August 30, 2005)
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VirtualTourist.com
(residents): Here's a list
of Shenzhen-based
members (about 35 at this writing), and another Shenzhen
list of 24.
They also list about 1350 members in Hong
Kong, 130 in Guangzhou,
and 6 in Dongguan!
(Posted August 10, 2005)
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VirtualTourist.com
(visitors): That's the
list of members living in those places. For accounts of visits
at VT ,
see Shenzhen
(35), another list of Shenzhen
(314), Hong
Kong (10760+), Guangzhou
(965), and Dongguan
(21).
(Posted August 10, 2005)
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Shenzhen
Fever: A small commercial site that still isn't
really off the ground after four months of operation.
(Posted July 7, 2006)
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Shenzhen
Expat: We
list this as a courtesy, but it really hasn't reached its full
potential.
(Posted August 30, 2005)
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Touristic
blurbs:
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YPHH Happy Networking: - YPHH organizes Happy Networking Events in Beijing, Shanghai and
Shenzhen, China; they also operate a website with plenty
of links and other Shenzhen information.
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Newsletters:
A
number of websites offer newsletters to bring Shenzhen (and surrounding
area) information directly to your Inbox. Here are a few:
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The
Laughing Buddha Weekly: Our sister page hosts a lot of
activities in Shenzhen. The newsletter contains news of those
events and tips for expats.
(Posted August 30, 2005)
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Shenzhen
Party: In addition to their fine listings pages, they also
publish this useful newsletter.
(Posted August 30, 2005)
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Xianzai
Guangdong: This page has a list of "Xianzai"
newsletters. Although the one you want is named "Xianzai
Guangdong," it contains solid listings for Shenzhen (sample and
back issues are here).
Just click "Xianzai Guangdong," enter your e-mail below,
and click "Subscribe." While you're there, you may
want to subscribe to some of their other newsletters. I take Emergency
Chinese,
China
Trivia, Chinese
Idioms, and Chinese Recipes. Unfortunately, they
only archive one sample of these, so you'll have to subscribe if you
want to build a "library."
(Posted August 30, 2005)
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Classifieds:
LIFESiZE
is not attempting to run its own classified section. Rather, we have
gathered here the known classified listings available at other sites.
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Shenzhen
Party (.com): The mother of all Shenzhen classifieds. Note
especially their jobs
section.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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InShenzhen:
The German community's homepage has ads better termed
"unclassified." But it's a lively page nonetheless.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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Shenzhen
People (.net): Sam and Leon's small but hopeful pages could be
better utilized by the advertising public.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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Shenzhen
Daily: The HTML edition used to list a link to their classifieds
in the left-hand sidebar; It's not there at this writing, but could
return. In any case, the listings (when they're there) are
few.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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Shenzhen
Fever:
A new and fairly small classifieds section at the Shenzhen
Fever site.
(Posted July 7, 2006)
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Calendars:
Several sites provide
events listings for Shenzhen and surrounding areas. Here are some of
them:
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Shenzhen
Party (.com): In this as in many areas, Shenzhen Party leads the
pack in on-line resources.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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Shenzhen
Daily: The
Entertainment or Leisure Highlights pages contain a wealth of listings for
venues and events.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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InShenzhen:
These listings often reflect those on the Shenzhen Party site, but
occasionally a unique event is listed.
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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Virtual
Tourist: Actually, nothing was listed here at this writing, but
it's a viable resource for those looking to announce events.
(As soon as I have time, The Laughing Buddha's listings will be there!)
(Posted August 31, 2005)
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Links:
Need more?
Here are pages of Shenzhen-related links:
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