Why I must grow thicker skin about my wider waist
2011-11-10 13:49:45
I bought my bathroom scales more than a year ago.
It's payback time for all the years of childcare a mom provides
2011-11-09 13:13:55
I have long thought there must be some way of making our children pay us back for the hours and money spent on them.
Welcome to a land of untapped and unmapped opportunity
2011-11-08 11:16:51
For a country that many still believe to be strictly Communist, China certainly has no lack of surprise business opportunities, particularly for foreigners.
Dog encounter makes me howl in fear
2011-11-03 16:22:53
I recently pedaled my bike on the long, straight boulevard from Tsinghua University's northeast gate toward Wudaokou subway station.
Train travel is a lesson in eating away time
2011-11-02 14:55:34
My wife and I boarded a train during the National Day holiday.
Finding what's serene to me far from the scenery
2011-11-01 12:01:45
There are moments when Beijing can get a bit too much.
I'm the proof women drivers are worse than men
2011-10-27 10:37:07
I have finally surrendered and now admit that an age-old claim is true: Women are far worse drivers than men.
When China says jump we need to ask, how high?
2011-10-25 11:22:15
At the first university I taught at in China I used to discuss with my students what the campus would be like if every teacher started driving a car to class.
Getting a handle on rural China's baijiu culture
2011-10-20 09:44:52
I had long heard that drinking rituals in China's rural areas are fiercer than in the cities.
T-shirt messages that simply don't 'feel fine, very much!'
2011-10-19 11:09:49
A friend and I went on a mission in Shenzhen: to buy the funniest Chinglish T-shirts we could find.
Stolen cycles land me on saddle of a 'Flying Pigeon'
2011-10-19 09:11:44
I felt a sense of disbelief. My bicycle was no longer where I had parked it.
A backseat driver has a front-row seat on car madness
2011-10-13 11:12:37
I have the best time in the car when I'm with my Chinese in-laws.