Kevin Chiu » China http://kevinchiu.org Things are only impossible until they're not. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:19:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 China July 4 – Sep 3 http://kevinchiu.org/archives/china-july-4-sep-3 http://kevinchiu.org/archives/china-july-4-sep-3#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:39:24 +0000 Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1421 IMG_0009 IMG_0019 IMG_0020 IMG_0022 IMG_2991 IMG_2992 IMG_3059 IMG_3174 IMG_3249 IMG_3258 IMG_3260 IMG_3303 IMG_3316 IMG_20100828_215918]]> http://kevinchiu.org/archives/china-july-4-sep-3/feed 0 China June 18 – July 3 http://kevinchiu.org/archives/china-june-18-july-3 http://kevinchiu.org/archives/china-june-18-july-3#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:26:16 +0000 Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1355 IMG_2406 IMG_2408 IMG_2422 IMG_2433 IMG_2434 IMG_2496 IMG_2525 IMG_2605 IMG_2609 IMG_2611 IMG_2615 IMG_2616 IMG_2622 IMG_2623 IMG_2624 IMG_2625 IMG_2628 IMG_2630 IMG_2649 IMG_2655 IMG_2660 IMG_2664 IMG_2671 IMG_2675 IMG_2676 IMG_2694 IMG_2725 IMG_2740 IMG_2768 IMG_2828 IMG_2830 IMG_2857 IMG_2932 IMG_2933 IMG_2934 IMG_2967 IMG_2971 IMG_2974 IMG_2979 IMG_2981 IMG_2984 IMG_2986]]> http://kevinchiu.org/archives/china-june-18-july-3/feed 1 China June 6 – June 17 http://kevinchiu.org/archives/china-june-6-june-17 http://kevinchiu.org/archives/china-june-6-june-17#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:31:30 +0000 Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1325 IMG_1783 IMG_1815 IMG_1886 IMG_1964 IMG_1970 IMG_1976 IMG_2050 IMG_2097 IMG_2100 IMG_2102 IMG_2126 IMG_2136 IMG_2243 IMG_2250 IMG_2263 IMG_2264 IMG_2269 IMG_2272 IMG_2310 IMG_2314 IMG_2315 IMG_2319 IMG_2354 IMG_2361 IMG_2366]]> http://kevinchiu.org/archives/china-june-6-june-17/feed 3 China June 2 – June 6 http://kevinchiu.org/archives/china-june-2-june-6 http://kevinchiu.org/archives/china-june-2-june-6#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:48:28 +0000 Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1297 On the flight from Seattle to San Francisco, I gave up my window seat to a kid who'd never flown before. Worth it. At SFO, i couldn't find an empty table, so I ended up sitting with this guy - who's actually an airline captain. We discussed programming languages, and I got him back into the groove with Ruby. Upon arrival at PEK, they use a thermal camera to watch for sick people. This was at the PEK baggage claim. It sort of looks like a camera. The kitchen / bedroom area. The bathroom I tested the tap water here. Everything is ok so far. I still need to test the bacteria content. The view from one of the windows on my floor. Microsoft Research Asia - There's something Zen about it. Old + New architecture. This is the rating system at the Bank of China. I saw something similar at the PEK airport. It's an interesting way to acquire customer feedback. Precarious! This clothing store had pretty much every Dreamworks character promoting its clothing. I only brought business casual in my luggage. I stand out a bit, but I think it's in a good way. American brands, such as Playboy, are really stretched here. BMW also makes clothes. There is a ton of great teas. I got to try a bunch in Wangfujing. There are some really huge shopping malls in Beijing. This one is Joy City and is 11 stories tall. This is Wangfujing. There are a lot of foreign goods sold here, but they're marked up quite a bit. Haagen Dazs is considered ultra luxurious here. The ice cream costs about the same as the US, but there's a lot more effort put into the presentation. This is a building with a nice sculpture in front of it in Wangfujing. The Garfield brand is repurposed to represent a high end bakery chain. Pretty much anything with American branding is a luxury good or service.]]> http://kevinchiu.org/archives/china-june-2-june-6/feed 4 Arrived in China! http://kevinchiu.org/archives/arrived-in-china http://kevinchiu.org/archives/arrived-in-china#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:06:11 +0000 Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1294

It’s kind of pollution-y here. I still need to figure out if I’m headed straight for Microsoft Research or heading to my accommodations first.

]]> http://kevinchiu.org/archives/arrived-in-china/feed 0 Summer Plans: Microsoft Research Asia http://kevinchiu.org/archives/summer-plans-microsoft-research-asia http://kevinchiu.org/archives/summer-plans-microsoft-research-asia#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 05:01:41 +0000 Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1292 I just got my Chinese visa for an extended business trip to China where I’ll be consulting for Microsoft Research.

The last time I went to China, I was 1 year old. Foreign travel is new to me.

Check back often. I’ll be documenting everything here on my blog.

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]]> http://kevinchiu.org/archives/american-fortune-cookies/feed 0 Earthquake in China http://kevinchiu.org/archives/earthquake-in-china http://kevinchiu.org/archives/earthquake-in-china#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 12:15:05 +0000 Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/blog/?p=312

It’s all over the Internet – Huge earthquake in China. =(

]]> http://kevinchiu.org/archives/earthquake-in-china/feed 0 Sunrise near Beijing http://kevinchiu.org/archives/sunrise-near-beijing http://kevinchiu.org/archives/sunrise-near-beijing#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:29:00 +0000 Kevin Chiu http://www.kevinchiu.org/blog/?p=224

Photo by Jenny Yuen.

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Sunrise in Beijing (from Michael Kanellos, CNet).

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