Where the real deal hides behind facades
2011-12-20 09:51:18
What is it about Beijing property developers?
'The cheese is always bluer on the other side'
2011-12-15 17:09:29
Gorgonzola, Emmental, red Leicester, Port Salut ... every expat has a little nostalgia about home and something that they ache for.
Christmas came much too early this year for me
2011-12-13 13:22:21
One afternoon in November, I was strolling through a supermarket in Beijing on a quick errand.
Twin girls get twice the attention that's given to foreign faces
2011-12-08 15:29:34
I always wondered what it would be like to be famous.
A place where magic meets the eye - after going up the nose
2011-12-06 11:03:00
The magician pushed what looked like a large cocktail stick up his nose. Then he appeared to shove another stick up the other nostril.
Sex is the same everywhere, but attitudes toward it differ
2011-12-01 10:44:20
Halfway through my first year of teaching in Zhengzhou I showed my students a movie.
The joys of Pleasant Goat's unpleasant side
2011-11-30 13:38:18
Pleasant Goat tells millions of pint-sized Chinese fans to, "Think calmly, and intelligence shines".
No more deadlines but tears remain for former colleague
2011-11-29 10:34:41
I was brought up in the British, stiff upper lip style.Emotion isn't something you display in public.
Why re-gifting is the present that improves relationships
2011-11-24 14:04:17
When choosing gifts for friends and relatives before a recent trip back to China, my wife played a game of figuring out whom the recipients would end up giving them to.
It's all change in Zhengzhou for bar-hoppers
2011-11-24 10:56:28
One of my favorite things about Henan's provincial capital Zhengzhou is observing the frequency with which everything changes.
A place where questions of race often raise eyebrows
2011-11-17 10:33:58
For all of its globalization and progress, China still has a discrimination problem.
Language barrier can't overcome bare facts
2011-11-15 11:16:09
It's a well-known fact that moving to a new place, eating different food and experiencing new pollutants can be disruptive to the old hormones.