It’s times like these that I wish I didn’t live in this backwater hole in Dalian… Actually, I’m sure there’s a way to pay your bills online up here too, but likely just not in English yet. Anyway, all you guys in Shanghai, consider yourself lucky – SHFFT has just created an online bills payment …Read More
What can I really say to this, other than: if necessity is the mother of invention, poverty is her sick and twisted evil half-sister. BEIJING (AFP) – Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China, threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported Tuesday. In the …Read More
As a white guy married to a Chinese woman, I’ve had to deal with my share of “The Stare” – the look other Westerners (mostly recent arrivals) give to … well… white guys in relationships with Chinese girls. Sometimes it’s delivered as a plastic smile on the street, a nudge and whisper to a friend …Read More
That was the nicest way I could think to put it. Â Forget self-censorship and beating around the bush. Let’s get right down to brass tax: Why is it that I always feel pressured by my Chinese friends, colleagues, and random acquaintances to believe in the “Glory of China”? Hey, China! I’m here. I’ve lived in …Read More
There are few things the Chinese seem to take as seriously as their coveted Traditional Chinese Medicineâ„¢. Though TCM is a complex and multi-faceted health practice, some of it, it needs to be said, is complete bunk. Walking into any pharmacy here is like taking a step into the hovel of MacBeth’s three witches. I’ve …Read More
Go ahead. Point to the indoor ice-skating rinks. Lavish praise upon the successful Olympic bid. Dry hump the glittering puddles of architectural vomit that Riken Yamamoto has sprinkled throughout our fair town. For most of the post-adolescent, fist-pumping contingent of Beijing‘s expat community (in whose meticulously coifed ranks I stand coolly detached. In expensive pants.), …Read More
I’ve lived in a few countries, travelled through some more, went to school, made friends, associated or worked with people from all over the world and have learned languages that were never spoken by any of my ancestors, but not before I crossed into the People’s Universe of China, had the concept of someone or …Read More
She was thinking Only the last two hours Learningpdf of patrolling in the street were available, and I could survive. Shakes continued. The first time she felt uneasy this morning ITIL test as she walked into a bush. Someone is watching me. The hot wind blew through the dry bushes and made the rustling sound. …Read More
Anyone that’s taught for more than 10 minutes in China’s public school system will attest to how craptastic the supplied text books are. Chinese-produced pablum that bears the name of prominent Western universities in hopes that no one will notice that the content is blander than a bowl of zhou. A recent Southern Weekend article …Read More
Hey all, with the holiday week in full swing, I totally lost track of the China: Love It ~ Hate It group writing project and that it was meant to finish yesterday. Though this GWP failed to attract a huge number of submissions (I’ll blame it on everyone busy preparing for the holiday), we did …Read More
Or: “A celebration of atheism in China’s schools†On the walls of China’s public schools you might find Karl Marx and even Friedrich Engels (an overture to more weighty propaganda to follow in later life), but you will also find images of Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin along with detailed profiles of these great men …Read More
Recently I wrote a post about Racism in China, just before finding out about the Beijing Police Rounding Up and Beating of Black People at Josh’s blog. Rick also wrote a post dealing with this called Sino Xenophobia? It’s a really sad and unfortunate reality that racism exists in China, especially against black people and …Read More
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