Beijing Journal

How to marry a Billionaire (If you can’t find the PhD student of your dreams)

April 6, 2011

An article in the Global Times about How to Marry a Billionaire causes Yajun to wonder about the cost of equating money with love in today's China. [Read More...]

A Sunday stroll with the forces of (in)security

March 6, 2011

Today being a beautiful day in the ‘jing, I [Read More...]

Thank you for taking Beijing taxi…and three ideas to make the ride better.

January 5, 2011

I’m a taxi guy. There is the Metro. Fast. [Read More...]

City Journal: If you’re going to bash Beijing, at least pretend like you actually sent somebody to visit…

December 22, 2010

Um, Summer Palace? Lama Temple? Temple of Heaven? I'm not saying the Beijing Municipal Government are paragons of historic preservation, but Jesus...open a f-----g copy of Fodors why don't you? [Read More...]

Random Sunday Musings…

October 3, 2010

Random thoughts after three weeks on the road… [Read More...]

Why oh why do you need to ‘Laowai’?

July 31, 2010

From a reader in Sichuan: Just an aside (and yes, [Read More...]

Notes from a non-anniversary: The scene from the Square on Thursday morning

June 4, 2009

Half the town on any given day is wearing white. While Wang Dan may have been going for a 'subtle gesture of protest,' it's possible the 'wear white day' idea was a little too subtle. Kind of like: "If you wish to honor the memory of the Tiananmen dead, don't shave your left eyebrow completely off on Thursday morning." [Read More...]