SHE in China

For a long time, being able to communicate in Chinese language was a dream of mine, and when this photo was taken, it was a very far-fetched...

Dear city how I've missed you! Back in Shanghai after a looong holiday. Almost too long. I get way too lazy when my life lacks struc...

....started off in a quite calm, friendly, and sophisticated manner Then I'm not quite sure what happened, but I guess everyone's tr...

Our first flat in Shanghai -quite nice one. Just located in the completely wrong part of the city -and as a result we had to spend 2 hour co...

Sorry for the lack of updates –but now I’m finally back on track! Yesterday we celebrated 1 week (!) in our new flat, and we did that by hav...

Lately my back has been feeling kind of stiff, so yesterday after work I decided to skip the gym and head for a massage. Massage for me is s...

Finding a new apartment in this city is a nightmare. We have been looking for a month now, and so far we haven’t seen anything we like. If ...

Persson playing a Chinese rising star (he got to play some professional kids in a knock-out tournament and then the winner got a game with h...

Yes, it was Jörgen Persson that was in China for a China Sweden Table Tennis Festival that we arranged in order to celebrate the Swedish Nat...

Things can move slow at airports in China.. Last week when we were flying to Xi’an, I was pleased when we arrived at Pudong airport and saw...

"Royal" visitors out of their comfort zone Forgive my absence, but I’m hosting a delegation, much more important than all those ro...

I had the most amazing day yesterday! One week of hard work finally saw its results when Swedish Noir&Blanc showed at Shanghai Fashion W...

Back to school? No thanks! Yesterday I had a bit of a bad day with everything going wrong… And when there are many bumps on the road you kno...

People back in Europe or the US (that haven’t been to China) often have the wrong kind of image of Chinese people. Many people seem to think...

The other day I was bumming around in our flat when I suddenly felt the smell of smoke. Since our corridor is not supposed to be any kind of...

I’m finally back at a point where life in China feels really good again: the food tastes amazing, people are nice, and living in Shanghai fe...

Why are Chinese people often late for meetings and appointments? It doesn’t really make sense if you look at their education system? Having ...

I’m back, after yet another unintentional blog break. This year is definitely not the year of good health of me: on Saturday night I got a s...

I got a big surprise when I flew back to China on Feb 3, during the Chinese New Year, and realized that the plane was almost empty. When we ...

Can something be more crystal clear? I don't think so! One thing that amazed me in Sweden was how badly equipped Stockholm city is for ...