Posting and living a parents' life

You might have noticed that lately we haven't been posting much here as before, but we have a good reason for it: our first son is due to be born in early October. As new parents, we have been busy with all the things related to this unique moment: from the periodical medical examinations to preparing everything at home to receive and to nurse our baby. It's been more time consuming than we could have ever expected beforehand!

Since most of the blogging was done at night, after our working and home dues were done, we have found ourselves with little time and energy to keep this activity at the previous pace. And in the forthcoming months, when the baby is born, we should expect the trend to go worse. Of course, we will have far more important things to take care, apart from running the  blog.

So, future posting will here become more sparse and difficult to predict. However, if anyone is interested in something to be published here, please don't hesitate to drop us a note and pose the request. Also, if we can be of help with the translation from and to Chinese, we are also available.

Thanks and best wishes to all of our visitors, both frequent and occasional.

Sinalunya’s 2013 year in review

As most of media do, we also like to review what the last year has offered and what have been the most relevant materials of 2013, according to our readers and visitors. Here is the list:

#1 – Barcelona’s Chinatown grows and integrates into the Fort Pienc quarter

#2 - Desigual opens two new shops in Malaysia

#3 - Entrepreneur DNA: Catalan newspaper El Punt Avui interviews Dídac Lee

#4 - Catalan cava giant Codorniu expands to Singapore

#5 - Catalan rock band from Barcelona releases record in Chinese

#6 - FC Barcelona will play friendly games in Thailand and Malaysia in summer 2013

#7 - Sinalunya featured in some Catalan media

#8 - Chinese poetry reading in Girona

#9 - “Pure views: Transformations of Chinese Contemporary Art” exhibition in Barcelona

#10 - A visit to the Joan Miró exhibition in Taipei

 

The most read posts of 2013 by month are the following:

* January – Desigual opens two new shops in Malaysia

* February - Barcelona’s Chinatown grows and integrates into the Fort Pienc quarter

* March - Sinalunya featured in some Catalan media

* April - Chinese poetry reading in Girona

* May - Forum on the roadmap for investments between China and Spain organized in Barcelona

* June - Catalan rock band from Barcelona releases record in Chinese

* July - Barcelona chosen as site of the European laboratory of Chinese CCIC

* August - “Pure views: Transformations of Chinese Contemporary Art” exhibition in Barcelona

* September - Taiwanese delegation visits Girona to learn from its touristic promotion

* October - Barcelona appointed Guest of Honour at the 2014 Beijing Design Week

* November - Hong Kong communications company Cronos sets in Barcelona

* December - Guzheng concert in Vilafranca del Penedès by Zhang Ye

Sinalunya's 2012 year in review

As most of media do, we also like to review what the last year has offered and what have been the most relevant materials of 2012, according to our readers and visitors. Here is the list:

#1 – Taiwanese SET TV team visits Catalonia to report about a “calçotada”

#2 - Catalan man honored in China after baby rescue

#3 - Intense activity of Barcelona’s Mayor Xavier Trias in China

#4 - Sinalunya interviews: Sílvia Fustegueres

#5 - Chinese Catalans, portrait of an emerging and entrepreneurial minority

#6 - El Celler de Can Roca awarded as second best restaurant in the world for second consecutive year

#7 - Beijing Foreign Studies University will teach Catalan language

#8 - Taiwanese company Toro chooses Barcelona as site for its European headquarters

#9 - Fluidra creates new structure in East Asia

#10 - Published the Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013

 

The most read entries of 2012 by month are the following:

* January - Celebrations of Chinese New Year in Barcelona

* February - Chinese Catalans, portrait of an emerging and entrepreneurial minority

* March - Taiwanese SET TV team visits Catalonia to report about a “calçotada”

* April - Catalan olive oil Dauro among the awarded companies in Beijing’s trade fair

* May - Catalan man honored in China after baby rescue

* June - Conference on Chinese Megacities in Barcelona’s Casa Asia headquarters

* July - Intense activity of Barcelona’s Mayor Xavier Trias in China

* August - Intense activity of Barcelona’s Mayor Xavier Trias in China

* September - Published the Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013

* October - China shows interest in Catalan pharmaceutical sector

* November - Barcelona Business Landing, attracting east Asian businesses to Catalonia

* December - Barcelona Business Landing, attracting east Asian businesses to Catalonia