Category Archives: Nigeria

Do they really look alike, the wholesale markets!

Posted on February 21, 2016 by TTH

Except for identifying the source in one, I’ve intentionally excluded detailed captions to the three photographs that immediately follow below. Scrutinize and compare them them before reading further. Can you tell where each one was taken – city, country, or … Continue reading →

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Gender and its inconveniences for Chinese women

Posted on February 15, 2016 by TTH

“You know I never think about this. But sometimes I hate I am a girl,” my Chinese friend, Swift, wrote on WeChat one day. She was feeling annoyed with the Chinese man who’d agreed to rent one of his rooms … Continue reading →

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A Chinese friend goes to Africa

Posted on December 26, 2015 by TTH

Sometime in November 2015, a Chinese female friend, who wants to be called Swift, went to Nigeria for business. She said that business in Guangzhou has been declining and becoming more difficult to sustain. Trying to find business opportunities or … Continue reading →

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