I learned this weekend that a social media friend passed away in Scotland at a young age from cancer. Although I'd never met Nick, he regaled many with stories of growing up in Hong Kong and balls at the Peace Hotel in Shanghai, where he wore a kilt.When I traveled to … [Read more...]
An evening with Lenora Chu
Last night I had so much fun meeting Lenora Chu, author of Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve (Harper, 2017). She was reading at Common Good Books in St. Paul, Minnesota, a super cozy bookstore in a fun area near Macalester College. … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Shenzhen
I studied French for 8 years in junior high, high school, and college, and honestly haven't had much chance to use to it apart from clearing customs in 1991 Phnom Penh and on the streets of Saigon that same summer. I've been to France a few times in recent times, but could barely … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Leavers
Twenty years ago I met a graduate student from MIT at the outdoor canteen (cafeteria) just next to the Olympic-sized swimming pool at my grad school in Hong Kong. She was researching early language acquisition and how even if someone stops using a language acquired at young age, … [Read more...]
The non-definitive Handover book list
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's Handover from Great Britain to China. While few have anything to celebrate and it's no more than a morose milestone, I thought I'd put together a list of books that people were reading in Hong Kong 20 years ago as the Handover … [Read more...]
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