Several weeks ago when I posted something about volunteering in the Vietnamese refugee camps in Hong Kong, my friend Judy told me about a class she took years ago about the Vietnam War."Have you read Johnny Got His Gun?" she asked me.I hadn't, so she lent it to me. I read … [Read more...]
Mapping history
My friend Vanessa posted this map on Facebook last week. I liked it so much, I asked if I could steal it from her. And of course she said yes. (She's a treasure chest full of Hong Kong memorabilia!)Notice the water buffalo up in the New Territories. That's where I lived for … [Read more...]
Happy May Day!
My earliest memories of May Day include maypoles and bouquets of flowers left anonymously on neighbors' front doors.It wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really learned about the other May Day. As in International Workers' Day, which has some roots in Chicago, of all … [Read more...]
Remembering the fall of Saigon 35 years later
Cultural faux pas
When I traveled to China in my teens and twenties, I inevitably committed cultural faux pas.For instance, when I spent the summer of 1995 in China, I kept in touch with friends and family by writing letters. I had been using e-mail in Hong Kong for about a year at that point, … [Read more...]
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