Start Seeing Mops
I’m a compulsive observer. I think it is partly due to a very curious nature, partly due to having grown up overseas, and partly due...
What is That?
You know you are speaking to a group of Americans when you use a picture of a bullet train in a slide show and they...
Sipping Tea from a Magazine
This is for all my tea-drinking friends out there. The March edition of the China Heritage Quarterly, one of my favorite online sources for all...
A Smiling American Fisherman
Last month I played host to a group of new and old friends who came to Beijing for a week of activities to help my...
“This Ambiguity Cannot be Criticized” (updated)
Last week, the Chinese government refused to extend the press credentials of a very intrepid American journalist who has covered China for Al Jazeera English...