At the end of last month, I reviewed Chan Ho-Kei's gripping Hong Kong police novel, The Borrowed (Grove, 2017) on the Los Angeles Review of Books' China Blog. It was one of my favorite books last year and the most gripping Hong Kong novel I've probably ever read. If you're … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Forecasting Political Events: The Future of Hong Kong
When my oldest son started college this fall, I learned about a professor at his school who forecasts the success or failure of governments. When I did a quick Google search, I came across a book Bruce Bueno de Mesquita had written back in 1985: Forecasting Political Events: The … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Here's another old photo I recently found. It's from my Hong Kong civil ceremony, ie, elopement, back in 1995. As I write in Good Chinese Wife, I had the worst time finding something to wear for this ceremony. So I ended up wearing a brown sundress, a white blouse, and a black … [Read more...]
A year in photos–2016
I can't wait for 2016 to be over and done with. Go. Away. Already. But to stay positive until then, I was fortunate to experience quite a few highlights. In January, I wrote the introduction for the re-release of Ban Zhao's Instructions for Chinese Women and Girls (Camphor Press, … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
I've blogged before about packing light and how I've traveled around the world with three changes of clothes. One of the outfits included this purple skirt I bought in Mexico City 34 years ago. I recently found this photo from back in the early 80s soon after that trip to Mexico. … [Read more...]
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