Archive - Siming Shan

how to behave in Beijing cinemas

"s" for serious

May 11 •

March 2024

The last snow day of Beijing

7-11, sanitation crew, delivery driver

Mar 22 •

September 2023

KFC, a place I used to go

every Chinese millennial has their own story with KFC

Sep 22, 2023 •

August 2023

The rice noodle place in East Beijing

it's always there

Aug 12, 2023 •

May 2023

Beijing vs Shanghai

is there ever a good answer

May 31, 2023 •

February 2023

A Zhejiang Town's Lunar New Year

gender roles at dinner tables, conversations with mom, Returning to Reims

Feb 19, 2023 •

December 2022

Me and Beijing grocery stores

canned yellow peaches, panic buying era, health code scanning

Dec 14, 2022 •

October 2022

Why I don't go to malls in China anymore

It was the chilly Spring evening in 2010 that defined my Russian friend Dennis’s impression on Chinese malls. He found the crowd at a Beijing mall…

Oct 17, 2022 •

September 2022

Those Cultured Youth in Dali

digital nomads, creative communities, and speak silicon valley

Sep 4, 2022 •

August 2022

About Siming Shan

not your average travel blogger

Aug 22, 2022 •

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