Productive day, by recent standards. Finished off a translation and sent it in a day early, which is good. Need to keep up the tempo, as this particular client doesn’t tend to be in a rush and i… more →
whitetilesalexsib wrote 2 weeks ago: http://shopping-in-beijing.com/beijingshops/Black-Eyes-58.html Beijing Place: Tsinghua University is … more →
Fashion Sensei wrote 3 weeks ago: If you had the opportunity to view the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics, I’m sure yo … more →
cjsmith wrote 1 month ago: Excellent short article in Newsweek by Orville Schell. Key quote: This proud prickliness has deep … more →
onthetoadstool wrote 1 month ago: The Five Chinese Cereals are a group of five grains that were regarded as sacred in ancient China. T … more →
xin wrote 1 month ago: The difference between people who think Red Cliff (赤壁) successful and those who do not, is a pr … more →
whitetiles wrote 1 month ago: Productive day, by recent standards. Finished off a translation and sent it in a day early, which is … more →
whitetiles wrote 1 month ago: . . . it’s Sunday, it’s allowed to be lazy. Read some Chinese history - the Hundred Flow … more →
whitetiles wrote 1 month ago: 8.30pm, surely late enough to review the day. Slept for ten hours last night. Really need to get mor … more →
whitetiles wrote 1 month ago: Up and functioning at eight, did laundry, headed out for coffee and reading. Got through a chapter a … more →
Matthew wrote 3 months ago: A newspaper article (South China Morning Post, Hong Kong) sent by a friend piques my interest in Chi … more →
Bear Bear wrote 4 months ago: I love chinese History… please some one tell me the names of the 3 sisters.. song qingling, so … more →
stevemichaelmiller wrote 4 months ago: As I prepare to embark on my own Asian adventure, I wondered…Is there anything factual about t … more →
Ceres wrote 5 months ago: If you haven’t heard already, several young men and women climbed the Golden Gate Bridge this … more →
Lori wrote 5 months ago: I want to go back several hundred years from Li Po, the poet mentioned in the previous entry, to two … more →
Lori wrote 7 months ago: I decided that I should begin my Chinese emersion by learning a little bit about Chinese history. I … more →
Emlyn wrote 8 months ago: Punishing the interpreter I suspect that there are many businessmen in modern-day China, both forei … more →
LOTGK wrote 9 months ago: You asked for it, we deliver. The above video was taken last week while visiting Manhattan, New Yo … more →
wlh wrote 9 months ago: During years of great duress for missionary and Chinese peasant alike, the church in the Shantung pr … more →
hkdangerduo wrote 11 months ago: While down at Victoria Harbor for the National Day fireworks, I decided to get down to the bottom o … more →