Living in Cultural Limbo

Greetings from Beijing Capital Airport! Yes, the time has come for me to bid Beijing good-bye and head back to the United States. Roughly ...

...this was the scene on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, on the way to Tian'anmen Square. Twenty-two years ago, when I was just a y...

Somewhere between prepping for my oral final for my conversation class and prepping for finals in general, I lost my voice. On the day I hav...

As my last two posts (read them here and here ) indicate, recently there have been a rash of Internet 'problems' plaguing Mainland ...

Here's another article on the current Internet situation in China , this time from The Global Times. My favorite portion of the articl...

Since a week and a half ago, my building has been have some "interesting" Internet issues. If you've been in contact with me t...

Without a doubt, the best thing about being in Beijing this past year has been the to opportunity to reconnect and see family and family fri...