Happy New Year – the Hao Hao Report is back! Thanks for everyone’s patience while I wrestled with getting this back up and running. The problem was one part server-side slowness, and one part me being on holidays – a recipe that made getting the server transfered to its new home a bit of a …Read More
The final Photo of the Week of 2007 comes from photographer Tom Saunders. As I’m in Canada right now celebrating NYE, I’m somewhat inclined to go out in a rye-induced graffiti binge spreading these numbers across the True North Strong and Free. Every week we’ll feature an interesting, funny, beautiful or otherwise noteworthy photo here. …Read More
Elevators are fun. I remember as a kid whenever my dad and me would ride in a crowded elevator, he’d shatter the uneasy elevator silence by loudly exclaiming “See Rick, did you ever notice that nobody talks in elevators?” I never realized how fun elevators could be until I came to China. Having studied mandarin …Read More
I hope that this post finds all its readers in good health, and that a happy and prosperous 2008 is heading your way. Here’s my return to blogging at Lost Laowai after a busy few months of moving house and changing jobs. When I often blogged on my own site (which now languishes behind the …Read More
Hey all, I’m technically on holidays, so please excuse the lame posting schedule and sorry to finally break the silence with the craptastic news the the Hao Hao Report is currently down. The site is in the middle of switching servers, and breaking myself away from seeing friends and family I’ve not seen for a …Read More
Today marks 70 years since the imperialist Japanese army entered Nanjing, then capital of China, and began one of the most brutal massacres of the 20th century and has led to harsh friction between the two countries in the years since. I’ve always liked history, in a purely sofa sort of way. Back when my …Read More
I vividly remember my first trip to Xi’an to view the Terracotta Warriors a few years ago. We took a public bus from Xi’an about an hour away to the site and I remember seeing dozens of factories lining the highway that showed off their wares: phony but authentic looking Terracotta warriors! This got me …Read More
Tired of sending the folks from home some tacky Chinese souvenir for Christmas? Why not send them something that makes a difference? The Library Project has created some nice gift cards to help raise funds and awareness for their excellent cause – building libraries and donating books to under-funded schools and orphanages in China and …Read More
Religion is a pervasive topic of interest when discussing culture, especially in today’s global society – a society in which secularism and orthodoxy battle one another more ferociously than elderly Chinese grannies and repressed housewives at a Carrefour sale. What, too soon? Though I know merciless missionaries have spread the good Christian faith the world …Read More
Our Photo of the Week is a beautiful shot of the very picturesque Jiuzhai Valley (ä¹å¯¨æ²Ÿ) in Sichuan. The photo is one of a collection of equally beautiful images by Ben Kong. Every week we’ll feature a funny, interesting or otherwise noteworthy photo here. If you have a photo you think might make a good …Read More
For the December holidays this year, as every year with 100 dollar cash loan online, I will return home to the United States, leaving behind the exasperation of smog-coated lungs and sideways “waiguoren” glances that always last just a smidge too long. Thinking about my impending return brought me back to memories of last year’s …Read More
Rachel and Kendra‘s recent music posts got me to thinking about the music I’ve been listening to these days. I have to admit that my iPod’s playlist looks WAY dated: some Metric, Rufus Wainwright, REM, and the rest is filled with japanesepod lessons (and that’s another story). So my question to all you other laowai …Read More
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