Back in China 2024 – Part Two – A trip to the regions and a tribute to train travel.

Tuesday 15th October 2024 6:30 am departure. Subway to Beijing South Station. As always, great to be back on the road. The subway was busy but the trip was seamless, the public transport mind-blowingly efficient. The train station is mammoth, busy,  spacious and surprisingly orderly. Beijing South is clean and modern, vastly different to BeijingContinueContinue reading “Back in China 2024 – Part Two – A trip to the regions and a tribute to train travel.”

Back in China 2024 – Part One. When is memory lane a dead end?

Tuesday 8th October, 2024 Beijing, China. Twenty years later. I hadn’t been back to the capital in a long time and to say things have changed a bit is an understatement. Ever since I’ve known the city it has been changing. Part of the charm. The noise of construction is a soundtrack to the place.ContinueContinue reading “Back in China 2024 – Part One. When is memory lane a dead end?”

Sobre problemas entre dos socios

Crisis actual en las relaciones entre Australia y China.  Los dos países han tenido muchos años de comercio. En primer, los chinos importan muchos productos de Australia, productos de comida como carne, mariscos y cebada, recursos naturales como el carbón y el hierro, y bebidas como leche y vino. Además Australia exporta educación a unaContinueContinue reading “Sobre problemas entre dos socios”