An Opposite World
Every so often I see something that reminds me that things here really are opposite to the way they are in the west. Not just...
Electric Running Machine
This evening I was at my neighborhood gym, having a good walk on the treadmill (my creaky knees won’t let me run), and I noticed...
Stop Stop Go Go
I did one of my most unfavorite things in Beijing today—spent an hour in a cab on the Third Ring Road traversing from the east...
Shanghai-ed in Bangkok
I’m in Bangkok, Thailand now for a conference. I flew down here on Sunday, but had all day Monday free before my conference started in...
Power Off
A necessary accessory of life here in Beijing is the cell phone. I remember a time 20 years ago, when almost nobody had a phone...