I've heard much discussion between my foreign and Chinese friends about Liu Xiang's recent withdrawal from the Summer Games. The Chinese...
Year: 2008
my first teacher
Happy Birthday to the greatest Dad in the world.
"We play soccer like the Brazilians play Ping-Pong." LI WEIFENG, captain of China’s Olympic soccer team, after losing to Brazil.
classic rickymay
Tock - From my blog of 28 May 2004. "Tock" is American Onomatopoeia for the second sound a clock makes. Different countries have different...
the U.S. is a nation of immigrants
Note: the linked videos show graphic and violent human history. On this day in 1945, US President Truman announced that the Japanese had surrendered...
running in china, part 2
I am running in one of Beijing's downtowns, with my "I heart Beijing" (in Chinese characters) t-shirt on. So many Chinese people stare at me, but...
welcome home to Beijing
I come back from Tianjin this evening to see that my temporary roommate is essentially trashing my apartment and that an email from my Chinese tutor...
China is…
the most harmonious police state in the world.
winners before the competition
Something's happened that has made me feel a kind of energy and hope that I've been increasingly desperate for these last few months in Beijing. ...
China is…
welcoming the nations of people who have committed astounding human rights violations against her in the forgotten past.