With the passing of Betty Ford last week and the purported death of former PRC President Jiang Zemin, all sorts of random images are spinning through my mind.First of all, check out this photo of Betty Ford in Beijing back in December, 1975. The PRC leadership was falling … [Read more...]
An ode to Wade-Giles
All the hoopla surrounding last week's anniversary of Hong Kong's Handover got me thinking about the many Hong Kong vs. China dichotomies. Which led me to a broader old China vs. new China reverie.Take Wade-Giles. It's not a British taipan, but rather a system of Mandarin … [Read more...]
Hong Kong book giveaway!
I've been waiting a long time for this week! Tonight marks the 14th anniversary of when the UK handed Hong Kong back to China. And to mark this occasion, I'm giving away two copies of a book I was honored to contribute to several years back.Fifty-Fifty: New Hong Kong Writing … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Kowloon Tong
In keeping with the spirit of Handover Week, I'm not going to review a book I recently finished, but rather one I read just before the Handover 14 years ago.Back then in Hong Kong's expat and English-speaking communities, there were a few popular books that either came out in … [Read more...]
On power outages and water shortages
While yesterday was supposed to be the longest day of the year, we in the Chicago suburbs were cheated out of a couple of hours as the wake of a tornado swept through my town. I've never seen such huge trees bent over and peeled like bananas. And from 8:30 pm last night until … [Read more...]
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