I’ve been up to my elbows all week polishing up Lost Laowai in both design and features, and so haven’t had much chance to update on here.
However, it’s officially the weekend, and I’m in the mood for some Olympic-sized funnies:
The Beijing Olympics: Are They A Trap?
Every time she says that “Oh, they’re going to wait [...]
Despite the repressive heat and complete lack of rain (it’s only drizzled once or twice since I posted about it), the title is pointing more towards a different climate - the Olympic/visa climate.
I’ve been intentionally quiet lately because, to be honest, my stay in China has been resting on a bed of nails.
My visa was [...]
So, story goes - sometime yesterday afternoon both Shanghaiist and Beijing Boyce reported on a South China Morning Post article by Tom Miller entitled “Authorities order bars not to serve black people”.
Mrs. Granite Studio (YJ), Danwei, Beijing Boyce and a number of others have jumped to the call and found no evidence that supports the [...]
So, the fateful day has arrived - the day when Carrefour unleashes its anti-China, pride-taking, I-fart-in-your-general-direction May Holiday sale on the masses of Chinese willing to sell out their nation in order to save a few jiao.
The sale, of course, is backed by French members of the Eight-Nation Alliance, who were frozen more than 100 [...]
There’s nothing new about saying “China’s changing”. What isn’t changing? Life changes.
There’s nothing new about saying “China’s changing fast”. Every Sinophile for the last 25 years has been saying that, and they’re right.
But what gets me is that I’ve got this front-row seat to it all. And frankly, it’s a bit exciting.
Now, my generation - [...]
