Tag: China

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...

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...

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. ...

I learn something new about China all the time. Today I went to the EF office in FuXingMen to cheer some colleagues. They weren't there so I left...

Now that the Beijing Summer Games are almost here, I should be at my happiest, but I'm actually pretty miserable in my work. I've lost my passion...

Does anyone really believe anyone went to the moon in the 1960s?! Who gets there first is gonna have more than just braggin' rights for a year or...

I was raised Catholic. When I was growing up, my mother encouraged me to learn the beliefs that she learned as a child. Like many Americans, as a...

Today's an officially big day in this big official city. 3 new subway lines officially opened. #8, #10, and the airport train. There are also...

In America, I am a devoted vegetarian. While living in China, I have eaten all sorts of animals and animal parts. "It's the Chinese way," I'm...

Carrying over their cultural norm of indirect communications, Chinese folks use English words with an intended slightly different meaning. For...