It’s only early November and outside it’s still warm (tomorrow it will be 26 degrees), but I have spotted the first Christmas trees decorated with lights already. Two trees actually, standing outside the “Ye Olde Station” restaurant in Xujiahui (the old white building on Caoxi Bei Lu, this used to be Shanghai’s train station many decades ago – there are still train carriages in the garden). I can actually see the trees from my apartment window, but it’s way too early for me to get into Christmas mood.
Marc van der Chijs'
Shanghaied Weblog
@martijnpeecho Komende weken geen plannen voor NL. Ik mis daardoor helaas het natuurijs dit jaar. #
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I am a Dutch entrepreneur in Shanghai who has lived and worked over 12 years in China. Co-founder of among others Tudou.com and unitedstyles.com, advisor to Spil Games for which I set up and led the Asian operation (2006-2011), and angel investor in Chinese Internet and tech start-ups. Married to Grace, with whom I have a son (Scott) and a daughter (Elaine). These are my personal views and do not necessarily represent the companies I am involved with. You can reach me at marcvanderchijs (at) gmail (dot) com