Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting article this week about the oddities of telling time in Xinjiang, China's westernmost province: Kashgar, a city of...
The Harmonica Club
This afternoon I lunched with visitors at my new favorite restaurant in Beijing, Element Fresh. The tandoori chicken wrap is amazing. After lunch I took...
Rain
It rained a bit in Beijing last night. I know because all the cars in my apartment complex were covered with big splotches of mud. ...
Talk About Ingenuity
Lest we Americans think we have the market cornered on ingenuity or good old fashioned 'know-how,' we really need to consider our Chinese competitors. Newsweek...
Heat Wave
We had a mini heat wave in Beijing this week, with temps climbing into the 80's on Wednesday. I think that might be some sort...