http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/02/05/anhais-claim-to-fame-wu-li-qiao-five-li-bridge-aka-anping-bridge/ An American who taught in China in 1993-94 returns for a visit in 2006 with his native Chinese wife and their two pre-schoolers. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:14:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/02/05/anhais-claim-to-fame-wu-li-qiao-five-li-bridge-aka-anping-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-2996 Pat Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:55:00 +0000 http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/02/05/anhais-claim-to-fame-wu-li-qiao-five-li-bridge-aka-anping-bridge/#comment-2996 I'm used to all of my Chinese colleagues warning about violence and crime, and many of them have had direct encounters with it, but I was wondering if you explained the 'laowai shield' that generally protects us inhabitants from the most overt muggings? Pickpockets and burglaries excepted, violent crime against 'obvious' foreigners are still rather scarce. of course, that may be that we don't know of them as they certainly are not publicized in the local media. But, I've had worse situations in Chicago than I have had in my 8 years here in China. I’m used to all of my Chinese colleagues warning about violence and crime, and many of them have had direct encounters with it, but I was wondering if you explained the ‘laowai shield’ that generally protects us inhabitants from the most overt muggings? Pickpockets and burglaries excepted, violent crime against ‘obvious’ foreigners are still rather scarce. of course, that may be that we don’t know of them as they certainly are not publicized in the local media. But, I’ve had worse situations in Chicago than I have had in my 8 years here in China.

]]> http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/02/05/anhais-claim-to-fame-wu-li-qiao-five-li-bridge-aka-anping-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Postcards from China » A Visit to the Jinjiang Museum in Qingyang: Part Three Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:05:10 +0000 http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/02/05/anhais-claim-to-fame-wu-li-qiao-five-li-bridge-aka-anping-bridge/#comment-24 [...] A recreation of a section of the “Wu Li Qiao” Anping Bridge, which I visited and wrote about here and here: [...] [...] A recreation of a section of the “Wu Li Qiao” Anping Bridge, which I visited and wrote about here and here: [...]

]]> http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/02/05/anhais-claim-to-fame-wu-li-qiao-five-li-bridge-aka-anping-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Postcards from China » Return to Wu Li Qiao, or “The Anping Bridge Strikes Back” Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:11:19 +0000 http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/02/05/anhais-claim-to-fame-wu-li-qiao-five-li-bridge-aka-anping-bridge/#comment-15 [...] Another “follow-up” post, this time to the tale of our visit to Anhai’s Wu Li Qiao, or Five Mile Bridge. [...] [...] Another “follow-up” post, this time to the tale of our visit to Anhai’s Wu Li Qiao, or Five Mile Bridge. [...]

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