Welcome to FarWestChina – A Quick Tour
Today I’ve been seeing an influx of new readers thanks to an article by Adrienne Mong on MSNBC (“Unplugged in Urumqi”). It was a fun interview and I was pleasantly surprised by the link which I was never promised.
If this is the first time you’ve seen this blog or if you’re a relatively new reader, let me give you a brief rundown of this site. First of all, my name is Josh Summers and I’m addicted to Xinjiang. I lived there for over 3 1/2 years with my wife as English teachers and I’ve traveled all throughout the province (for more, read the about me page).
FarWestChina is my attempt to share the passion I have for this province in a way that not only entertains but also seeks to bridge the gap of understanding that exists between Xinjiang and the rest of the world. I usually shy away from the sensitive, political topics or at least attempt to share them in an unbiased fashion.
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A Quick Tour
Most people who come to this site are looking for one of a few things:
- Information about Xinjiang’s Internet situation – What’s available and when is it supposed to open up
- Questions about living or traveling to Xinjiang – why I think it’s better here than in Beijing
- They just want to see exotic pictures or crazy videos of the region – I don’t blame you, it’s beautiful.
Anyway, thanks for stopping by. Enjoy looking around and feel free to drop me a line.
jakob
Augis
Jordan
Tom
Hana
wandering educators
Jimba
Hi Josh,
I love the new changes to the website! Just wanted to point out one spelling mistake in your Press Release/Introduction: In the second to last paragraph, the sentence beginning with “If you like what you see…”, I believe the next word should be “here”, not “her”.
I look forward to reading more of your articles in the future.
Best,
~ZT
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Josh says: April 6th, 2010 at 10:47 am
Sure enough. Thanks for pointing that out and I quickly fixed it.
Glad you like the changes…I’m not much of a programmer. Still, I’m proud of how it turned out.
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