A few days ago a friend treated me to some sushi. Proper sushi. Having lived in Japan for several years he was familiar with an okay place and the real thing. Dalian's sizeable Japanese population ensures 'the real thing' does exist here, or will do for a while at least.

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I recently bought a new computer from one of the stalls at Olympic Square. To buy something there is a sometimes tedious and sometimes joyful, depending on how amenable to bargaining they are.

Before starting the process I did a few things which may be useful to share:

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