I’m not going to say too much about this one. Only that I hate the Chinese finger-wag gesture, and I’m not too fond of foreign Chinese language students who adopt it when trying to add a little Chinese cultural flair to their fluency.
One of the reasons that I’m not fond of the finger wag, is […]

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I’m not much for the rigid military flag raising ceremonies that occur everywhere in China on a daily basis. But when I came across this little homemade video just now that someone made on National Day at Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square, I thought to myself: “Self, here’s a flag raising that means something.”
Among the clutter and […]

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A few quick random thoughts on the positives and negatives of being in China:
On Shopping and Buying Dongxi:
Like the rest of the world, I’m in love with dirt cheap Chinese products. A dollar for a DVD, 30 cents for a beer, 15 cents for a lamb kebab - all the ingredients for budget entertainment China […]

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I’m sad to say that there is yet another flurry of articles floating around the blogosphere about racism and race relations in China.
These last few have been spurred on by a series of very real incidents, the most really real of which is really really disappointing to see. And alarming. And way fucked […]

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