World Airport Awards 2009

World Airport Awards

The winners for 2009 are...

1. Incheon, Seoul, South Korea
2. Hong Kong, Hong Kong
3. Singapore Changi, Singapore
4. Zurich, Switzerland
5. Munich, Germany
6. Kansai, Osaka, Japan
7. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
8. Amsterdam, Netherlands
9. Centrair, Nagoya, New Zealand
10. Auckland, New Zealand

Economist Intelligent Survey (EIU) World's most liveable cities list

The results of the 'EIU's ten best cities in the world' chart have been released and they go as follows:

Rank City Country
1 Vancouver Canada
2 Vienna Austria
3 Melbourne Australia
4 Toronto Canada
=5 Perth Australia
=5 Calgary Canada
7 Helsinki Finland
8 Geneva Switzerland
=9 Sydney Australia
=9 Zurich Switzerland

Interesting! What do you think of this? Do you agree? Unfortunately I can't find more information about this and where other cities are ranked.

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Happy Dragon boat festival

Hope you make and eat lots of zongzis

China's Fastest Changing Cities

Link from Forbes

China's fastest changing cities

1. Shenzhen, Guangdong
2. Guangzhou, Guangdong
3. Hong Kong
4. Shanghai
5. Beijing
6. Dalian, Liaoning
7. Nanjing, Jiangsu
8. Xiamen, Fujian
9. Tianjin
10. Chongqing

Internations

Internations is a German-based website helping expats from around the world connect with each other. You need to request an invitation to be let into the site but it's very straightforward. Check it out! There are forums, and meet-ups, etc.