My name is Emma Meroni and I am from Italy. I have divided my blog into 3 parts; my time in Beijing, my company and my business trip to Chengdu. Emma at the Forbidden City, Beijing My First Month in Beijing: I have been in China for more than a month now and my first […]
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I have just sat down, exhausted after one of the most amazing days at the Forbidden City. It is the hottest day of the year so far and the sun glasses were out. I was out with a blonde friend, which made our day even more interesting because it doubled the number of looks and […]
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My first week in China was too busy and I like this place although it is completely different from Italy. I left Milan on Wednesday and I arrived in Beijing on Thursday. Jodi, my intern manager was waiting for me at the airport and took me to my apartment straight away. I met other interns […]
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My expectations of Beijing before arriving was that of an over-populated, heavily polluted city where every native was out to take advantage, in one way or another, of my “foreigness”. I’m fully aware this sounds reminiscent of a Hollywood setting for a dystopian future, but for some time this is honestly what I thought. During […]
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Before I came to China, I knew it was big but it is hard to grasp the size until you arrive there. Fly 4 hours south from Beijing, you fly three hours west, still China. Having lived in Beijing for the last couple of weeks, I wanted to explore more of China and see how […]
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To be honest, I would have never expected myself to come to China, even now as I sit here writing this it seems almost surreal to be thousands of miles (or kilometers) away from my friends and family. I think traveling makes you realize who you are as a person with your different strengths and […]
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It was a normal day interning at my host company. Until that lunch, I met a very nice man named Zao Jang who kindly took me to a luxurious Chinese restaurant, accompanied by his wife. I didn’t realise who he really was until I got out of his new model Mercedes Benz car. He was […]
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I got set to partake on a business trip on the first day of my internship, it was a very humbling moment to get firsthand experience on what entails of an investors meeting. This trip broke the ice on what I might expect during my time here in China with my host organization. Although the […]
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I am Raffaele. I am at the last year of my Bachelor’s Degree in Economics at Universita’ Cattolica in Milan. I have spent one month in Beijing as an intern in the Chambers. I have decided to go to China because I am very interested in Chinese market and I think China has a super […]
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As someone who are always seeking for life challenges and anticipating for what the world could offer, I’m glad I made my decision coming over to Beijing for my internship. I wouldn’t say that the grass is always greener on the other side, but stepping out from my comfort zone is what I needed. I’m […]
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