Tag Archives: china
Dirty South Gangster
Right now I’m in Hong Kong for the May Holiday, but I’ve spent the past week in the Chinese Southern City of Guangzhou, and I will be back there after the May Holiday is over. Guangzhou gets a short shrift … Continue reading
Chinese New Year
In the run up to Chinese New Year, I attended a couple of work parties.
Snow in Beijing!
Two day business trip to Wuhan and Beijing. Got a little time with Chairman Mao and the snow.
The best thing I have eaten in Shanghai
On Jinxian Road in Luwan District in Shanghai – pretty much downtown, there are three non-descript Shanghainese restaurants which daily are crowded with young Shanghainese hipsters and Hong Kong foodies who read something online or in a magazine. What they … Continue reading
Yiwu: Arabs and Arsenal
My friend Colin and his cousin Jesse were headed down to Yiwu to watch English Premier League side Arsenal take on Hangzhou Green Town in a football match on Saturday July 16th, and so I joined them.
and I wonder why gmail is having so many problems lately in China
Check out the google ad at the top of my email inbox While I appreciate the message AND I recognize the right of printfection to engage in commerce, I really do rely on gmail and if this gets blocked in … Continue reading
Censorship in China
Yeah it still exists. Check out my Time Magazine (purchased March 27 from the Beijing Airport Terminal 2) The redacted words are “rubber-stamp”
Thai Cooking in Shanghai
More than a quarter of my extended family lives in Thailand or grew up in the country. We’re not Thai Chinese at all – just Hong Kong Chinese who moved to Thailand, but we’ve been connected with the country for … Continue reading
Li Na, Jia You!
Chinese women’s tennis star Li Na becomes the first Chinese player to make a tennis grand slam final! Li is into her first major final but is growing in confidence after coming off a comeback win over the No. 1-ranked … Continue reading
All Hallow’s Eve: 2010
Costumes: Terrance and Phillip Party: Boxing Cat Brewery, Sinan Mansions More photos after the jump