Last year I wrote about the quarantine forms that visitors are required to fill out upon entering China: Upon entering China, there are many forms that need to be filled out. An Immigration Entry Form. A customs Form. A Health Form. On this form, the arriving traveler is asked to list all the diseases from […]
Long Live the Talented
Last week David Brooks wrote a brilliant op-ed piece published in The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune, titled "The Dictatorship of Talent," describing the social-educational-political system that has evolved in China today. It starts like this: Let’s say you were born in China. You’re an only child. You have two parents and […]
“This is Insane”
I could be wrong, but unless you were one of a small group of people who attended my niece’s wedding last weekend, you have probably never heard a bride utter those words into a microphone just before reciting her vows. Don’t worry. It wasn’t a reference to those upcoming vows, but most likely was a […]
