TEACHING, LEARNING ARE ONE IN CHINA
2004-02-03
(SHANGHAI, CHINA) SPRING, 2004 – A new openness has accompanied a locomotive of a economic reform fueled by an endless supply of low-wage labor. Read More →
Guangzhou In A Foreigner’s Eyes 一个老外眼里的广州
1997-09-20
(GUANGZHOU, CHINA) September 20, 1997 – There’s been a great number of changes in Guangzhou these two years. Not only the residents here but also the foreigners who’ve passed by could feel it.Read More →
The Motor Vehicle Torture
1997-05-01
AS many high-school students throughout New York already know, by your 16th birthday you are eligible to obtain a class-six learner’s permit, and consequently a class-six license.Read More →
Urban China’s westernization more visible to visitors
1995-07-02
The Sunday Record Troy, NY By Bill Marcus Standing on Tiananmen Square where history’s ink is far from dry, you can see the countdown clock tick off the seconds until the July 1, 1997 takeover of Hong Kong. A few blocks from Mao Zedong’s tomb you buy the Herald-Tribune andRead More →
Encounters with locals key to travels in China
1995-07-02
The Sunday Record Troy, NY By Bill Marcus You better love people if you go to China because they are everywhere. A pro-tourism campaign by the Beijing city government asked locals to try not to stare at foreigners but it doesn’t seem to have worked. Many Chinese have never seenRead More →
For Gay People, Out of Sight, Out of Life
1990-10-07
For Gay People, Out of Sight, Out of Life October 7, 1990 By William L. Marcus After World War II it was no longer acceptable to be anti-Semitic. There is going to be similar upheaval when AIDS is cured. But not right now. Right now lesbian and gay people inRead More →