Category Archives: Consumption

Lijiang Old Town

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 30 April, 2008. Filed under China, Consumption, Research. Tagged , , . Comments Off.
Yesterday we arrived in Lijiang. From my twitters, you’ll see that it is a very scenic place, like Kunming, sitting on a mountain plateau. Unlike Kunming, the mountains are visible all around. The main part of the commercial city proper seems quite small, having, even, a dusty country town feel to it. Very low rise, [...]

Brown tea and Chilli Dishes

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 28 April, 2008. Filed under China, Consumption, Personal. Tagged . No comments.
Yesterday was quite a lazy day too. It was raining so our walking options were limited. We found a coffee shop for a late breakfast then took a taxi and wandered around the central area with some pagodas and a mosque. Spent a chunk of the late afternoon drinking tea and reading my novel. I [...]

Rushing again

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 6 March, 2008. Filed under China, Consumption, Photography. 1 Comment.
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Not much time to post news, thoughts or photographs unfortunately. As you may have seen from my twitter posts the last week has taken me quite some distance (Ningbo, Yiwu, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Xi’an, Beijing and back to Ningbo). Tomorrow, I’m back to Shanghai for another education fair. I have not had time to go through [...]

Lunar New Year in Shanghai

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 12 February, 2008. Filed under China, Consumption, Photography, Research. 1 Comment.
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Having settled in my room in the staff hotel at the university in Ningbo, I’ve had a chance to quickly go through my photos to put up some of the Shanghai new year crowds I mentioned in the last post.

New year, holidays, consumption

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 8 February, 2008. Filed under China, Consumption. 2 Comments.
I’ve arrived in Shanghai, and am observing lunar new year celebrations. I had hoped to do this last year but the flu got in the way. The atmosphere is lovely and relaxed. Most of the shops are closed but enough is open for people to be buying gifts, hampers of fruits seem common. Those not [...]