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Excitement and Fear (Mostly Fear)

Posted in Beijing, China, Thoughts, Vietnam, Writing on 20 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Last fall I was going through my Word documents when I found something that looked like part journal entry part life commentary.  It was about when I first arrived in Beijing last summer. 
It began: “When I first arrived in Beijing I felt this sense of dread driving down the freeway to Beijing University’s campus. As [...]

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Saving Fish from Drowning

Posted in China, Thoughts, Writing on 18 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The gnarled pine, I would have said, touch it.  That is China.  Horticulturalists from around the world have come to study it.  Yet no one has ever been able to explain why it grows like a corkscrew, just as no one can adequately explain China.  But like that tree, there it is, old, resilient, and [...]

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The Great Firewall of China (Score: China 1, Me 0)

Posted in Beijing, China, Writing on 26 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So it turns out that this blog has been blocked by the Chinese government. I was pretty exasperated when I learned the news, because the whole point of this site was supposed to be so that I could update about my experiences in Beijing this fall. Sigh. I guess I should have known better when [...]

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China’s Environmental Fate

Posted in Beijing, China, Environment, Writing on 7 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s a humid, rainy, sticky day here in Chicago, and this bright-white-cloud cover weather brings back memories of last summer in Beijing. Of course, Beijing’s been in the news a lot lately, what with the coming Olympics and all, so its hard to forget that I’ll be going back there. I also heard today that [...]

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