Tag: China

At a rather good public university in the USA, there is a Confucius Institute.Never mind the criticism about the institute as a propaganda machine,...

Avatar is now the world's most financially successful film, passing Titanic in global box office revenue. I think this is due to the fact that this...

The following is feedback I gave to a NY Times survey. It's my opinion. I teach in China. The NY Times and other foreign media sometimes grossly...

The new tension between the US and China is not really new, but in my opinion, it's not necessary. China and the US have, at best, a bittersweet...

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. My father would rightly say something so simple about the current bunk about the dead British drug trafficker...

The students in one of my classes indirectly criticized me deeply and disheartened me in a way I've never been before in China. It wasn't only a...

I've missed Beijing. Back in the capital and happy to be here.

Sitting here at 4 am in my top floor digs, wondering how I can say what I want to say in a friendly, harmonious way. As an American, it's difficult...

For the first time since my return to Beijing, I've a hankerin' to write here. Sadly, It's due to bad news: the shooting at the American Civic...