Tag Archives: China

Tiny and Xiao Xiong’s bogus journey

Or: The Headlong Collision of Two Kitty Cats with the Chinese Bureaucracy In the run up to our move to Beijing, one issue loomed large: what to do with our two house cats, Tiny and Xiao Xiong. Now, I can … Continue reading

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So you want to study Chinese in Beijing

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

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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