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Not a Lotta Terra Cotta: Bummed Out in Xi’an, China
Posted on December 14, 2011 | 1 CommentTraveling in China can get my goat sometimes. Taxi drivers. Cheats. Hawkers. Cheats. Guys on sidewalk selling you socks. Cheats. Three students who want you to take their picture and... -
Knowing Your Surroundings: Suspicious in Beijing
Posted on March 23, 2011 | 4 CommentsOne very good piece of advice for travelers – and really for just about anyone, a person walking in the park, hikers, someone carrying a ladder – is to be... -
Japan, Radiation and Poor Taste: When to Panic?
Posted on March 20, 2011 | 6 CommentsJust before I left Xi’an, China this week, my traveling companion Xixi informed me that CCTV, Chinese State Television, was informing everyone that though much of the salt had sold... -
Sunday in the Park in Beijing: Temple of Heaven
Posted on March 18, 2011 | 3 CommentsChina on a Sunday is pretty remarkable thing. I’m in Beijing and I often associate the place with some unbearable traffic and profoundly bad pollution, the kind that makes the... -
Shanghai: Stop and Smell the Clovers
Posted on March 16, 2011 | 5 CommentsThe things you see when you look up from where you’re walking. I had a new business contact in Shanghai and so I got on the subway a bit early... -
Have to Laugh in Shanghai
Posted on March 15, 2011 | 6 CommentsBack I go into the great circus of China. As the plane approaches Pudong International Airport, I only partly listen to the usual announcements about the state of my seat... -
Sneak Peak at Shanghai World Expo
Posted on March 26, 2010 | 1 CommentThe Shanghai World Expo 2010 will open in May but the grounds for the event are still a major construction zone as of last week. But with the help of... -
Funny Moments and Photos from China
Posted on October 28, 2009 | 2 CommentsRandom funnies: I’m watching the news and a politician (not President Hu I don’t think) comes on with a red, white and blue-colored photo/drawing of himself on the wall behind... -
Wuhan, China
Posted on October 27, 2009 | 2 CommentsA variation on an old axiom: There are no atheists in foxholes or on China Eastern Airlines flights. I think I converted through 7 different religions in the first 10... -
Bottoms Up in Beijing: Competitive Drinking
Posted on October 27, 2009 | No CommentsNothing like being wined and dined China style. I met with an education consultancy agency and the Chairman took me and the staff out for lunch. As is common in...
