January 9, 2014
...in, I was at my desk one morning when I heard a loudspeaker crackle to life inside the temple. A booming voice was followed by the sound of a heavy...
...in, I was at my desk one morning when I heard a loudspeaker crackle to life inside the temple. A booming voice was followed by the sound of a heavy...
Thirty years ago, I set off for what I thought would be a one-year teaching stint in China. Twenty-eight years later, I moved back to the States. Either I'm really...
...ago, I set off for what I thought would be a one-year teaching stint in China. Twenty-eight years later, I moved back to the States. Either I'm really bad at...
...I had a bigger vocabulary. I dont know what a ______ is; technical medical terms are outside my Chinese vocab range. I probably dont even know what a ____ is...
...Hes now working on a book about happiness in China. I recently spoke to Madsen in Chicago, where he was addressing a meeting of Catholic leaders who deal with the...
...above. I received this fantastic photo just before Christmas from a friend in our city in northern China. Even in my wildest dreams, I doubt I could have constructed this...
...Chinese in the 1600s (February 8, 2014, Outside-In) I love history, I love China, and I love maps. This explains why I am currently working my way through a book...
...The photographs are stunning! Shanghai Warms Up To A New Cuisine: Chinese Food, American-Style (February 12, 2014, NPR) And who can resist a piece about an American-style Chinese restaurant in...
...homes with towering portraits of themselves surrounded by velvet and marble. Its Hard to Say I Love You in Chinese (February 14, 2014, China File) We didnt say I love...
...of this amazing story. 7. Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China, by Lian Xi (2010) This book is the first to address the history and...
...British Education Minister, the Guardian takes a closer look at what the system is really like: In recent weeks British parents and educators have been in a panic about the...
...are pretty rigid about their eating schedules, and now I realize that I have been reprogrammed. I think of 12pm as the lunchtime, with deviations as early as 11:30am or...