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Life and travel stories from China – culture, contrast, family ties, and a filmmaker’s eye on a changing world.

China

Kampf der Kulturen

Jakob Montrasio Jakob Montrasio

Mal wieder eine typische Situation: Mann und Frau verstehen etwas völlig anders. Mann sieht weiß und Frau sieht schwarz. Yin und Yang. Der Kampf der…

China

The hellish birth of an beautiful angel.

Jakob Montrasio Jakob Montrasio

Jiajia gave birth to our beautiful daughter:

Emily Fan Montrasio.

Emily Fan Montrasio
* 2010/01/23 at 4 a.m.

I am writing this negative experience down to leave it behind me, to forget about and to go on, to enjoy the new life with my sweet little daughter. I am also writing it down as a warning for other foreigners, expats and Chinese people who are having a baby in Shanghai or somewhere else in China.

Never ever have your baby in a Chinese hospital.

It simply has been the worst experience in my life. I am not exaggerating. It didn’t look bad in the beginning, when it seemed really comfortable to have a hospital nearby your home. Not when we heard the price, which was a quarter of what foreign hospital charge. Not when we saw the equipment, which was modern.

But once the actual delivery of the baby started, all that went to hell in just three days.

China

A trip to Wuzhen

Jakob Montrasio Jakob Montrasio

Wuzhen is a beautiful and historic city located in the northeastern part of China's Zhejiang Province. It is well-known for its picturesque canals, traditional architecture…