Tag Archives: Beijing

Infernalture

Posted on August 17, 2006 by Will Moss

Apartment prices are down and my lease is up, so Imagethief has been looking for a new, larger apartment to accommodate himself, Mrs. Imagethief, two whiny cats and the various junk that has accumulated in the past two years. I … Continue reading →

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Escalation

Posted on August 1, 2006 by Will Moss

Getting from point A to point B in Beijing, assuming point A and B aren’t right next to each other, is one of the daily adventures that makes life here so interesting. Aside from a certain hyper-linear approach to walking … Continue reading →

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Haircut

Posted on January 9, 2006 by Will Moss

I decided to try out a new hair place in my building this weekend. Back when I was in my glorious, long-haired hippy phase (’89 – ’99 roughly), I only had to worry about getting a haircut once every year … Continue reading →

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Decadent Beijing suburbanites give me da bomb

Posted on December 26, 2005 by Will Moss

A current of dissolution runs through Beijing’s expatriate professional community. The city doesn’t have the loutish licentiousness of Hong Kong, the world-weary NGO clubbishness of Phnom Penh, or the dangerous-living frisson of Port Harcourt, or some other oil-drenched African hellhole.  … Continue reading →

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Beijing needs a giant monster attack

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Will Moss

When you are asked to name the great, metropolitan cities of the world, you will naturally consider certain factors. It’s not always size that makes the difference. If it was, then Chongqing would be the capital of the planet, a … Continue reading →

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I am Beijing’s decadent man bitch

Posted on December 13, 2005 by Will Moss

When I was back in the US recently I was often asked a deceptively simple question: “What is it like living Beijing?” This is a trap. It’s a trap because no-one living in the United States wants to hear in … Continue reading →

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The strange medical odyssey of Tiny Cat

Posted on March 19, 2005 by Will Moss

As regular readers know, I had to pay USD$600 in shady cat-graft to get my two, dime-a-dozen Singapore drain cats, Tiny and Xiao Xiong, out of Chinese kitty Stalag when they first arrived in China. (How’s that for your Foreign … Continue reading →

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So you want to study Chinese in Beijing

Posted on October 2, 2004 by Will Moss

The pros and cons of Worldlink Education Last spring, for selfish personal reasons, I quit my perfectly good job in Singapore and abandoned my wife for three months to come to Beijing and study Mandarin. I am now living and … Continue reading →

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The standard issue chairman mao

Posted on August 6, 2004 by Will Moss

I had never before lived in a country where there was a real cult of personality. China has fixed that. Oh, Americans give it their best shot. God bless them if they don’t want Reagan on everything these days: Ships, … Continue reading →

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My career in Chinese showbiz is launched

Posted on July 25, 2004 by Will Moss

As a white, suburban American, I enjoy being someplace where I am considered a novelty. Although Beijing has plenty of foreigners, especially in the university district of Haidian, white people are still sometimes greeted with the same shocked amazement also … Continue reading →

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