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Beware Expat Friendships

March 3rd, 2013 - Chris Marshall

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I received an email recently from an old friend who I haven’t seen or heard from for the best part of 25 years.

He moved to Hong Kong in 1989 and although he has returned to the UK regularly on holidays, during his visits I have always either been working away or living abroad myself.

His email was the first contact that we had had since he moved (clearly neither of us are good at keeping in touch!)

You can read the whole of my article on The Expat Hub

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