Hello From Wuxi, China!

From what you say it does sound like Chicago. So why not just go to Chicago?
Just remember that almost all of the fake coins we here in the USA run into are from China so be careful. 30 coin dealers? Sounds like that area is full of either coin collectors or a lot of counterfeiters. Be careful out there.

Good to hear from you and thank you for the report.

Sounds like a good time. Good and and we will be looking forward to that report!

Good luck on the hunt!




I may have an idea.

@spruett001 Thanks! Hoping to find some high grade copper coins from 1902 to 1910 to start my collection of Chinese coins.

Have you been to China?

Econbrony, congrats on the move & good luck over there. China is an exciting & cool place to visit, it's a shame that a lot of Americans think Beijing = China, that you have to wear a smog mask to walk outside, that everyone's dirt-poor, uneducated and dejected, or that it's home to a bunch of rabid anti-American communists plotting to take over the world that will toss you in a Chinese jail forever if you make a joke about the Party.

Chinese folks go to work, go out on dates, get married, hang out with their family, spend all day on Baidu or Ali on their Xiaomi and Huawei smartphones, play video games online, dance, party, celebrate holidays, shoot off fireworks, have street parades, collect coins, travel abroad, go on vacations, do karaoke and stand-up comedy, shop for tons of things online, grow fresh food and raise animals on farms, plant flowers in their gardens, keep dogs and cats and fish, and do pretty much everything else Americans do on a regular basis except, maybe, drive cars.

They do all of this while enjoying much less crime than Americans, on average, especially when it comes to burglaries, robberies, murders, hate crimes, auto theft, physical and sexual assaults, and gun violence.




Same thing in the US, Britain, Russia, Korea, Singapore, and many other countries where Internet traffic, voice calls, text messages and almost any other form of electronic communication are being scanned, processed, analyzed, and, if needed, stored for future use.

At least China (and Russia) are straightforward and honest about the fact that they spy on their citizens' Internet activity and their daily routines. The US does not extend such a courtesy to its citizens -- our government simply spies on us and then denies it, until their top-secret dirty laundry gets leaked to the press by disgruntled employees.


Note: As of 2013, according to the Chinese website Global Times, China had 848,500 foreign nationals residing in-country, growing at a rate of 3.9% annually. ( Source: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/913109.shtml )

@EconBrony,

Congrats on landing you job in China, I would enjoy and not worry about being spy on or whatever, there are plenty of other things the Chinese government need to worry about.

@paralyse Thank you! Yeah I was quite impressed by the Chinese people on my first visit here. Everyone was so nice and inviting! What really impressed me was the entrepreneurial spirit here. So many Chinese folks have small businesses; from owning small shops, to moving farmers market to the guy that carries his whole shop in his trench coat. Their all trying so hard to make it and they are allowed to do so.

The cities are quite impressive. Shanghai's skyline is something else! The mass transit is done so well and up-kept. I love being able to jump on the subway and explore so many new places for under a dollar for the ride. Then if I wanted to, I can take high speed trains out to many major cities. A new high speed just opened to Hong Kong.

I think a lot of people just need to see China in person. Seeing pictures is one thing, but seeing it is completely another. It is just mind-boggling to see how much China has built up in 40 short years.