From February 18 to February 27 Around China will bring you a ten-part series, in which we´re investigating the history and culture, the economy and people, in the area bordering the Qiantang River – the Mother River of Zhejiang Province in China’s East. We’ll take the chance to explore a few beautiful cities beside the river, such as Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo.
AC Grandal comes from the state of Texas in the US. In 2006, he graduated from the Finance and Economic University of Tianjin, and in June, 2008, he became editor in chief of Jin magazine, he likes being called AC by his friends.
Wu Shangwei returned to Tianjin in 2008; now an General Manager of Neo Class Health Management Investment affiliated to Tianjin Sun Investment Group, responsible for the medical examination institute and the physical examination centre.
Hossein Khandan is from Iran, two years ago he brought his wife and children to Tianjin, although it was the first time he had been to China, he didn´t feel it at all strange to him. He loves China and Tianjin.
In the Shanggu business area of Tianjin, there is a small art studio. Inside the studio, the atmosphere is plain and primitive, yet exotically romantic. The owner of the studio is Jean Telly Kongolo, who came originally from the Democratic of the Republic of Congo. But what led him to China?
The A320 aircraft was awaiting delievery to China Eastern Airlines. 500m away inside of the Assembly workshop, technicians from China and Europe were already working on the next plane, among them was Jens Assmus from Hamburg in Germany, who has been working in Tianjin for over a year as part of the technical surpporting.
Mr Pegoraro Renato is from Italy, and is currently running an Italian restaurant in Tianjin. He owned a successful trading company in Italy, but he had always dreamt of becoming a chef and cooking delicious food just like his mother. So why did he choose Tianjin as a place to make his dream become true?
Zhang Huilin came to the TEDA for the first time with her husband in 1997, her immediate thought was that she would definitly not staying. However, within a few years, she changed her mind.
As a fast developing port city, Tianjin has attracted a lot number of Korean people. There are now approximately 50,000 Koreans in Tianjin. Just outside the Olmpic Center, There is a hotel called the Fenglin, whose owner is a South Korean named Chan-Sik Hwang.
In the late 1980s, Seo Saeko spent 4 years living in Tianjin because her husband was working there. In 2002, she returned to Tianjin and set up a company of Friend Consultation and Services for Japanese living in Tianjin.
Valentin Fedosov has been living and working in China for 7 years, and he is now very much in love with Tianjin. He first came to the city in 2002, having been hired to give piano lessons at Tianjin Normal University.