The Ache
...The strong feeling of denial that came from within surprised me. Someone had just commented that after reading my recent e-letter it sounded like I was adjusting well to American...
...The strong feeling of denial that came from within surprised me. Someone had just commented that after reading my recent e-letter it sounded like I was adjusting well to American...
...estimates show that Chinese box office returns could overtake American ticket sales this year or next. Parity in audience size is one thing, but the know-how to make movies that...
...American Midwest to northern China, JiaJia (pronounced "Jah Jah") lays wide awake in the small room he shares with eight other orphans. He is the oldest child at Alenah's Home,...
...Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Crouching Tiger, Sleeping Giant (January 19, 2016, Foreign Policy) How did the phrase manage to lodge itself in the Chinese and American collective conscious — not...
...goes abroad to study. An American studying in China is a liuxuesheng. A Chinese student who studies outside of China is a liuxuesheng. Su is short for Sulian, Soviet Union,...
...Free Asia (December 31, 2016, The New York Times) Two brothers of an American journalist who United States lawmakers say were jailed by China in retaliation for his reporting on...
...flight attendant feeds elderly disabled passenger, brings tears to netizens' eyes (December 22, 2015, Shanghaiist) Fan Xuesong of Hainan Airlines has been praised as the “most beautiful flight attendant” in...
...now non-stop flights to Chengdu from cities in Europe, the Middle East, and now, even San Francisco (United Airlines). Image credit: Lounge Bridge in Chengdu, by George Lu, via Flickr...
...of South China Sea (December 15, 2015, The New York Times) A senior American naval commander has implicitly accused China of creating “so-called military zones” close to artificial islands it...
...in 2001, as our group of American university students got off the train, we attracted curious onlookers who would just stare at us. In this city, we were an anomaly....
...some vehicles off the roads. Beijing residents blanketed by pollution – in pictures (December 8, 2015, The Guardian) A New Frontier for the American West, in the Far East (December...
...sick of just eating them off the street vendors, why not get some and try a new recipe at home? Video: Shanghai's American Chinese restaurant (November 23, 2015, BBC) Egg...