2016, An Extraordinary Year For Some Ordinary Chinese | TMTp
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On January 7th, 2016, Thomas Bwer was smoking at the top of the office building in Sanlitun, Beijing. For a 55-year-old foreigner who just came to China, the most urgent thing to do is get familiar with the way Chinese work and do things, get along with Chinese colleagues and adapt to life and work here in Beijing.(Clickhereto read Photo Gallery 010: A German CFO Amid The Chinese Startup Wave)
On December 16th, 2016, Thomas Bwer was having his last work day before Christmas holiday. He would go on a vacation with his family to Australia. “Germans are known to be strict in work. For example, we shall do things following the right order ABCD. However, Chinese might follow their passion do things in orders such as ADCB or CBAD. However, I’ve gradually got accustomed to it,” he told TMTpost. After a year’s experience, he said that he was no longer new to Beijing. In fact, he even encouraged his kids to adapt to life in Beijing and go shopping by themselves. 7 Zheng Fude A model plane maker “I’ve grown more confident during the past year”
On January 19th, 2016, Zheng Fude, aged 62, was teaching a parent-children airplane model making course at an early education center in Beijing. For the past year, on the one hand, he was trying to apply his teaching experience back in Taiwan; on the other hand, he was busy finding a base for his shop and finally settled on Wukesong, Beijing.(Clickhereto read Photo Gallery 012: A 62-Year-Old Plane Model Maker, From Taiwan To Beijing)
On December 14th, 2016, Zhen was teaching a kid who dreamed to become a pilot at Maker classroom, Xiangyun Town, Shunyi District, Beijing. Owing to various reasons, he had to give up the idea of opening his shop at Wukesong. Therefore, he finally settled on Xiangyun Town and opened this Maker Classroom, located next to an international school. For the past five months, he’s already taught over 100 kids. “After this year, I’ve finally made some achievement. I am gradually becoming more thankful and confident of myself,” he told TMTpost. TMTpost Photo Gallery Special column of TMTpost Aiming to record individuals and entrepreneurs in the Internet industry Photos don’t lie, but they don’ tell the whole truth Photos are free, but also full of traps This is an Internet age, and we want you to discover stories with us online …………………………… (Like ourFacebook pageand follow us now on Twitter @tmtpostenglishand on Medium @TMTpostand on Instagram @tmtpost_englishand on Apple News@TMTpost.) [The article is published and edited with authorization from the author @flybutchery, please note source and hyperlink when reproduce.] Translated by Levin Feng (Senior Translator atPAGE TO PAGE), working for TMTpost. 更多精彩内容，关注钛媒体微信号（ID：taimeiti），或者下载钛媒体App （编辑：网站开发网_安阳站长网） 【声明】本站内容均来自网络，其相关言论仅代表作者个人观点，不代表本站立场。若无意侵犯到您的权利，请及时与联系站长删除相关内容! |
