Last Chance

Today marks the final day of the 2 weeks of celebrations surrounding Chinese New Year.  It all started with a bang on New Year’s Eve...

Casualty Figures

Today the government released the fireworks casualty figures for the week-long Lunar New Year holiday in Beijing: 1 dead, 434 injured, and 143 fires started....

Seven Percent

That was the relative humidity here in Beijing yesterday, a very cold and blustery day.  7%!!!  No wonder my skin feels like sandpaper and I...