Despite what a few Chinese people may think, I am not from Xinjiang, one of China’s western frontier provinces.
Browsing Category China – Summer and Fall 2014
Web Traffic and Street Traffic, Both Crazy in China
Article views: 1,225 On my short list of “Chinese things I won’t miss”, the Internet is at the top. Many websites are blocked, including Facebook, Twitter (this is…
Exploring Shenyang’s Imperial Palace Under a Rare Blue Sky
Article views: 3,574 Despite our Chinese life routine, we are still tourists. Well, at least I am. So under a bright blue sky (so rare in China!) and…
From Futuristic Shanghai to China’s Northeast
Feng was born and raised in Shenyang, Liaoning, an industrial city, close to North Korea. It’s a culture shock after cosmopolitan Shanghai.
And Now, a Bathroom Break on Chinese Toilets…
Chinese like to warn me, the stupid Westerner, about spicy food and toilets (and usually not in the same sentence).
This is What Shanghai Looks Like at 5:30 a.m.
I caught a cold in Changsha—well, we all did. It’s just a cold, but I was coughing and I couldn’t sleep, so I got up.