Life in Beijing During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: Return Part 3
Thomas Funfsinn | June 17, 2020
142 Days and Counting There was an attempt Alas, after being back in the classroom since the end of May the Covid-19 predator reared it’s ugly head once again here in Beijing. The measures were going strong, but incrementally getting…..
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Life in Beijing During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: Return Part 2
Thomas Funfsinn | May 21, 2020
118 Days and Counting On Campus Finally Beijing schools began reopening and our return date was May 10. Staff came in the prior week on May 6 for meetings and preparations. I asked and received permission to prepare from home…..
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Life in Beijing During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: Return Part 1
Thomas Funfsinn | May 12, 2020
109 Days and Counting Finally Getting Back to Work In recent weeks there has been a gradual effort to get society back to being functional. It isn’t exactly accurate to label it as a return to normalcy, since the tried…..
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Life in Beijing (now) 85 Days and Counting During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic Part 6
Thomas Funfsinn | April 18, 2020
Today’s post has only a few updates, primarily I’ll discuss a trip I made to my local McDonald’s! First time going into a restaurant of any kind since January for me. Schools Set to Return First off, start dates for…..
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Life in Beijing (now) 75 Days and Counting During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic Part 5
Thomas Funfsinn | April 8, 2020
Indications over the past several days are hopeful and help to confirm China is indeed nearing the light at the end of the tunnel in the battle against the virus. Having been holed up for so long, more and more…..
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Life in Beijing (now) 65 Days and Counting During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic Part 4
Thomas Funfsinn | March 29, 2020
Getting Back to Work, and Miscellaneous For my next post examining my personal experience and knowledge of what has been going on here in Beijing during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, my scope now reaches a bit further beyond my immediate…..
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The View from 60 Days in Isolation:
Thomas Funfsinn | March 24, 2020
Steps to Master Social Isolation I genuinely commend many I see doing their part to at least distance, if not entirely isolating. It is cute to see the little ‘day count’ posts on social media and already the talk of…..
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Life in Beijing 50 Days and Counting During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic Part 3
Thomas Funfsinn | March 21, 2020
Broader Setting and Surroundings Introduction The reaction to COVID-19’s rapid outbreak was felt all over the city. The ingrained fear over a repeat of the SARs crisis was fresh in the mind’s of the Beijing community. Despite cases never exploding…..
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Life in Beijing 50 Days and Counting During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic Part 2
Thomas Funfsinn | March 17, 2020
Individual Community Efforts Beijing’s swift response was soon after the dragon awoke to fight off the COVID-19 virus. Part 1 of my experiences in China during the past 50+ days since the beginning of the outbreak focused on the initial…..
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Life in Beijing 50 Days and Counting During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic
Thomas Funfsinn | March 15, 2020
Part One: Normalcy Shattered Introduction This is currently my fifth year living and teaching in China. I have had amazing experiences all over the country and everywhere here the Chinese people have consistently been sincerely welcoming. The country is not…..
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