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…
Dai culture recently piqued my interest, and thus I have undertaken a small translation project. The Water-Splashing Festival is the annual must-see event for China travellers (though it may be…
Also read this post on Asia Society Northern California’s blog. The Western media wake trailing the Wenzhou train crash (7.23.11) has ranged from speculative and well-founded to insensitive and under-evidenced and…
Professor Sam Crane of Williams College has recently posted an excellent blog entry about the phenomenon of “misunderstanding China” — and as laowai’s surely are aware, that is in quotations…
Having survived death by a thousand cuts (finals week), a whirlwind week as a funemployed laowai in Andingmen, and 24 hours of travel, I finally am now tucked back into…
There are too many good things to say about my recent experience travelling in Western China. Chengdu itself is a hot pot – full of mist, spice, and surprises. If you…
I am a Chinese graduate school student, but Chinese is not my native language. So what would take me ten minutes to read in English will take about an hour…
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