Ho-Ho-Hohhot
It’s travelling season again. I’m getting ready to take the night train to Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia. Up over the mountains and across...
Sorry About the Fog
Like an evil being, a thick, toxic, acidic, brown fog has enveloped this city since last Sunday. Each morning I wake up thinking it will...
Redactological Society
There’s another crackdown. This time against language errors in the media and publishing industries. The government agency that oversees press and publications has declared that...
The 2nd ‘Queue Day’
Yesterday in China we celebrated our second "Queue Day," which the government has decreed now falls on the 11th of each month. It’s a bid...
No Smoking! Dream On!
In China’s "crackdown-of-the-month" culture, we seem to have hit upon something that cannot be cracked down against: smoking. A government official recently proclaimed his fear...