Did you by any chance read Sundays copy of the Hangzhou Daily? It featured an article about Stockholm and the fact it had the Olympics in 1912. I was interviewed and featured in the article (picture too).
I would just like to point out to anyone who can speak Chinese that very few of the things in the article are actually what I said. Typical newspapers!
So what does it say?
The link crashed my PC!
It says something about how even though people in Sweden don’t have to work, they choose to work because it’s interesting. It also says that Sweden has the highest suicide rate in the world (which is an urban myth, the real suicide kings are actually Lithuania and Sweden is 31st, long way after China who is 12th). It goes on to say that the reason so many kill themselves in Sweden is that life is just too perfect here. (My life’s just sooo perfect, I can’t go on…)
This all ties in with something I see a lot with middle class upwards Chinese who have the dream of the EU as some kind of promised land. It’s a bit like how people perhaps thought of America 60 years ago. Some of them really chase after what they think is the European lifestyle. It’s interesting to see ourselves as others see us!
When it speaks about me, it basically describes what I do and what my life is like trying to start my own company and some of the challenges I face and the level of responsibility. The idea at first was to show a glimpse of life in other places that have at some point held the Olympic games.
@ Graeme,
Haha! Another one bites the dust!
It’s a PDF, should be able to right click on the link and “Save As…”
How in bloody hell did you end up there??
Unfortunately, I didn’t actually “go” anywhere, just had a little interview over a cup of “chi”.
A friend of mine had been asked by the newspaper to talk to a couple of people so he talked to me. Then the journalist just made it up anyway