[Arriving in China, part II.] My plan worked perfectly with only one minor flaw. As expected, I came out of the baggage claim area in BeiJing to a swarm of...
When I first started thinking about coming to China, I made a conscious decision to leave my American affectations on the other side of the Pacific. Whatever...
I know Chinese money is not monopoly money, but it's hard not to consider it as such when I can buy so much for so little. As a foreign teacher, my monthly...
I've talked a bit about China, so now let me describe the school at which I teach, Talenty Elementary. It's a private school that offers classes in the...
[Hey all, I apologize for posting Thomas Friedman's column to this list yesterday. If you enjoyed the column, you can subscribe to my other yahoo list where I...
As I mentioned before, the weather here in LiaoYang City is similar to New York, if not colder. Since I've arrived, the temperature has hovered in the 30s and...
"In some places in the world, people drive on the right side of the road. In other places, on the left. And in a few places...both." I read these sentences a...
I've been in LiaoYang for one month now. In some ways, it seems like it's been much longer. And in other ways...well, it still seems longer than a month. A few...
Many observers have suggested that the industrial revolution first occurred in Europe because Asia has always had a large population. And so it was Europe's...
I live in a tiny, dinky, dinky-little town. The differences between China and America are starting to melt away and, now, the similarites grab my attention....
Hey everybody, Sorry for the lack of dispatches from the China frontier. As I mentioned in my last email, things are settling down into normalcy and there...
but God help me if I haven't experienced the virtual simulation. When I first arrived in China, I heard fireworks being launched one evening for no apparent...
Hey everybody, The more things change -- well, um, actually things don't change in this town. It's just too small. And so, I haven't written any emails cuz...
Not for me, mind you, these single white monkeys are for the Chinese. The Chinese want white people. Of course, in America the term "white people" is usually...
I finally figured out that bath house dilemma... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/duwaik/message/12 Arthur kept telling me to wash my private parts because --...
I never thought I'd write about crotchless panties. When I first arrived in Beijing, everybody was wearing black. I thought it was a remnant of old-school...
"I'm going to come over there and kick your ass." I yelled across the room at my 12-year old Chinese student who, breathlessly, looked to his friend for help,...
[Thisn't exactly China related, but...] Dear Brad, Buddy, we're going to call you friend because we know you and we know what you're going through: you're a...
Today was the first sunny day of spring here in Shenyang, China, so I penned this poem based on the color of clothes Chinese people (men and women, mostly...
it's the smell of the 7th day of spring. Love is in the air. A few days ago, a friend mentioned that she hated dogs because they were social climbers. I...
have you ever watched a wave? Spring starts when the buds bud but when they heat up, the colors ripple... hot pink = EVERYbody knows red = i know purple = i...
As I've clearly stated, I'm not one to make stuff up or needlessly add drama. But I'm clearly willing to point out drama already there... Not two minutes after...
some people think chinese women are the most beautiful women in the world. i am one of some people. imagine attending the beauty contest in which only chinese...
Two years ago, this morning, I arrived in Liaoyang and so I wanted to write about how things have changed, then and now, but I'm not yet ready to write that...
