“Kowtow and Get Out: How I Was Almost Ejected from the Forbidden City,” Radii China
Kowtow and get out: How I was almost ejected from the Forbidden City for demonstrating how to bow. [Read More...]
Beijing Journal
The Christmas Convert
My wife is a serious professional, with a high pressure job. She is one of the brightest and most rational people I've ever met, well known for her dry and ironic sense of humor. But something about Christmas just brings out the whimsy. [Read More...]
Five people you meet on the Beijing metro…
I’ve been riding the subway more. I don’t know why. I’ve never before been particularly masochistic nor do I generally enjoy close physical contact with strangers. But it seems an economical way to get around the city now that every available road surface is jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive. Having spent quite a few commuting hours below ground now, I’ve started to distinguish a taxonomy of my fellow passengers, including several species which I find it best to avoid. [Read More...]