Of Note
2014-04-23
Two interesting articles on the struggle over what folks think in China. Or, rather, what they say about what they think.Read More →
Love blooms at IKEA in China
2011-09-13
(SHANGHAI, CHINA) September 13, 2011 – Love blooms over free coffee for the 45 to 65 set at Ikea in Shanghai, but management would just like them all to go away.Read More →
THE STRANGE CAREER OF WRITING ABOUT ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN CHINA
2009-02-27
In emerging China persons of African ancestry do not enjoy widespread acceptance. An article that said otherwise prompted me to write.Read More →
Yu Laoshi and the pre-Olympic meeting with her policemen friends
2009-02-03
They’re concerned about terrorists. Isn’t everyone? I inquire. But I keep that thought to myself. I look under the table, though, just to make sure there aren’t any there and they seem to find that amusing too.Read More →
Beijing meets the world at the 2008 Olympics
2008-07-01
(HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, BEIJING) JULY, AUGUST, 2008 – China suffocated dissent as Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt broke records to make the Beijing Olympics one of the greatest spectacles of the summer of 2008. Read More →
Language Barriers
2006-06-26
(COMPUTERWORLD) JUN 26, 2006 – Although all Chinese nationals officially speak Mandarin, in practice, the local dialects can be mutually unintelligible.Read More →