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My New Love Has Moved In…
Sofia’s new home My new love has arrived and I haven’t stopped touching her since she got here. Let me introduce to you… Sofia. Sofia is a Chinese Ethnic Minority, yes she… more →
Life Behind The Wall
Split Pants Fails: Some of the Perils of Elimination Communication
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wrote 1 day ago: Now that Elimination Communication, or understanding your baby’s peeing/pooping patterns to ob … more →
My New Love Has Moved In...
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wrote 3 days ago: Sofia’s new home My new love has arrived and I haven’t stopped touching her since … more →
Parks in China: Breathing Life Into Sprawling Cities and What Makes Them Uniquely Chinese
wrote 6 days ago: City living in China can be hard. Most people live in high rise apartment buildings (we live in an 1 … more →
Chinese People Name Their Children as Animals?!
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wrote 1 week ago: It is very common to find Chinese folks in my hometown whose name are of the animals. Those names ar … more →
Happy Birthday Tin Hau! 1,053 years-old today…
wrote 2 weeks ago: A Qilin at rest © Jo James Last weekend, Cheung Chau was roamed by lions and mythical beasts in hono … more →
Five things not to do in Cheung Chau
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wrote 4 weeks ago: Cheung Chau Harbour at dusk © Jo James As some of you may have gathered, Little Yak recently moved f … more →
Guzheng: My New Hobby
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wrote 1 month ago: I know it has been awhile and I am very ashamed of it.. but do not worry I am here now. Many thin … more →
Big City China vs Small City China
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wrote 1 month ago: English: A Chinese pagoda in Hangzhou, China. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I have been living here in H … more →
Chinese names, part 2 - extended family
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wrote 2 months ago: While writing my previous post on Chinese names, I found myself veering off into the topic of terms … more →
Chinese names, part 1
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wrote 2 months ago: Last week I heard something I couldn’t help but laugh at – an American guy told me of tw … more →
鴨子 〜 Duck in Chinese Culture
wrote 2 months ago: Domestic Duck (鴨子: yā zi) has been a common part of the daily lives of Chinese folks around the glob … more →
Drop dead sexy
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wrote 2 months ago: The Chinese in Southeast Asia believe in making elaborate offerings to the dead in the form of paper … more →
Dong Life: The Movie
wrote 2 months ago: After two weeks of thinking about editing my Guizhou videos, I finally sat down and muscled through … more →
The (One) Lantern Festival and Why It's Good Not To Have Expectations
wrote 2 months ago: This is kind of embarrassing, but we spent the weekend looking for the Lantern Festival in Beijing a … more →
On the 15th day of Chunjie, my Beijing gave to me...
wrote 2 months ago: Chinese new year festivities last a longer than one day. The new year is celebrated for two weeks fr … more →
Ninja Swords and Chair Skating: Three Beijing Temple Fair Experiences
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wrote 3 months ago: What do you do when you have a lot of days of vacation? With the many days of the Spring Festival/Ne … more →
... A very unusual Chinese New Year: Part II!
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wrote 3 months ago: Warning: What you are about to read next is the second part of a very interesting set of events that … more →
On Embracing Cultural Diversity and Butt Day
wrote 3 months ago: Since I consider the importance of education to be one of the primary values I can transmit to our k … more →
Year of the Snake
wrote 3 months ago: Dried lotus root. A view of the Great Wall. Dancing. Lanterns, dragons, mandarin oranges. Old fr … more →
