When you’re a foreigner in China, the most common phrase you might hear is: “Can you teach me English?” My Chinese neighbor wanted me to, even though she never seemed serious about it. But over tea one evening, she embarrassed me about not following through, and left me wondering about her indecent proposal.
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Posted in China articles on Dec 6th, 2009
I never really saw renovation, in all of its glory, mystery and (in some cases) malevolence, until I came to China.
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Posted in China articles on Jun 20th, 2009
For those of you who don’t know, this year marks the tenth anniversary of my first landing in China — August 27, 1999. That day, when I stumbled into Beijing’s old international airport, never did I realize it would change my life entirely. That I would spend the majority of the next ten years living [...]
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