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You think we are late or overslept? No, the Chinese celebrated "New Year's Eve" only yesterday. It's not called New Year's Eve here, but Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. You could think it was the last festival they celebrate... It's our first spring festival here, so we have no comparison, but they really do fire up something here, it's really hard to believe. For days now, the advance firecrackers have been increasing steadily, culminating yesterday in continuous thunde

Denny's conclusion What's going well, what's not going so well, what's going as expected, what's not, would I choose China again today - a little interim conclusion. Work Basically, I am looking after similar and partly the same products here in China as I already know from my previous job in Braunschweig: Chassis components, mainly welded assemblies and their individual parts. VW FAW is a joint venture and is 60% owned by VW and 40% by FAW, China's oldest car manufacturer. T

Christmas greetings from China just in time for the holidays. Actually, Anja wanted to sit down again at the weekend and write down our experiences, but now she has already done so on Christmas Eve. What happened during the last 2.5 weeks? We had a cat for 5 days. Anja found her abandoned in a box in front of Walmart and brought her home. We couldn't understand how you could abandon an animal at -10°. So she sat in her box and meowed pitifully. At home, Anja put her in the ba

Well, what's new to tell? Let's start with the not so good: Work Anja is not allowed to work for the time being! Background (as we understand it - you always have to make up anything plausible from all these Chinese stories): To be able to work in China, you need a work permit and a corresponding visa. Denny got a PU letter from his company. This is probably a kind of invitation letter, which was approved by the government. With this, he was able to apply for a short-term bus

Finally, we are showing signs of life again. Yes, you have had to wait a long time. We are sorry. BUT so much has happened again that we haven't had time to write. Here is a short summary: Trips to the surrounding area (again) Shopping in Chinese shopping centres First German party Moving into the new appartment Dinner with Denny's colleagues Let's start from the beginning: Moon Lake Of course we try to explore our new home in every free minute. Most of the time we got a tip: