I have just finished rereading Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes and ‘Tis, which I last read in early teenage years. I see now how then I could not begin to appreciate…
As the days rapidly warm and the blossoms show their fair faces on the streets Nanjing, I’ve had the great outdoors on my mind. In the past few weeks, I’ve…
Benjamin Barber wrote a piece in 1992 that later became a book, titled Jihad vs. McWorld. Its basic tenet is that the world is comprised of two main competing axioms:…
A Chinese person asking me if I’m used to using chopsticks and eating Chinese food has always been a sure way to tick me off, especially if that conversation is…
For the most part, I’m used to having censored internet. As long as I can sign into my VPN to browse Facebook and BBC news, I don’t have much to…
I took this picture from the inside of a tour bus on Zhong Shan Lu (中山路) in Quanzhou (泉州）on February 8, 2012. It was rush hour in downtown, and I…
This opinion is purely based on my own stint in Guangzhou; I did no background research to write it; it is merely an impression — albeit, a very good one.…
It started with a subway brawl in Hong Kong. Despite signs and announcements prohibiting the consumption of food on the subway, a Chinese mainlander was enjoying a bowl of instant…
For Americans: You have to pick between two scenarios. 1. America is no longer a world power, but the other countries are mostly democratic with stable legal systems that ensure…
Assuming the reader of this blog minimally follows China news, it would be redundant of me to summarize the Yueyue incident of late October. So I’ll get right to the part where a…
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