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What I’m reading
I'm currently reading Richard Burger's book Behind the Red Door: Sex in China. It is a very interesting look at a subject that is rarely discussed with expats (or anyone else).
Tag Archives: Chengdu
The one thing you can be angry about
On Saturday Yaxue shared the story of “Subverter” Chen Pingfu. Essentially, he was deeply in debt after paying for a surgery, and turned to performing in public to try and pay off the money he owed his family members. For … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Chengdu, China, Chinese people, Global Times, Government, Japan, Senkaku Islands, United States
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Out of control gov’t official abuses power – a very generic post
On return from more than a week on the road, I caught up with my China news and found it all to be a bit…predictable. In response I’ve created the following template that seems to exist somewhere to save all … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Uncategorized
Tagged Chengdu, China, Chinese, Dalai Lama, Government, Tibet, Twitter, United States, Weibo
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The crackdown and foreign garbage – a few ideas that still need to be addressed
For the last few weeks, the expat community in China has been abuzz with talk about Beijing’s crackdown on foreigners who are here illegally, and the growing anti-foreign sentiment that seems to be stoked by state media (Beijing Cream’s summary of … Continue reading
Seeing Red in China 