I Just Got My COVID-19 Vaccine in China
I just got my first dose of China’s COVID-19 vaccine. It’s only been a few hours, but I feel fine […]
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Love in the Time of COVID-19
Living Abroad
What is the Qingming (a.k.a. Tomb Sweeping) Festival?
The Qingming festival is also known in English as Tomb Sweeping Day. It happens every year on the 15th day
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Chinese Public Hospitals Are a Kafkaesque Nightmare
Last fall, we visited the emergency room of a Chinese public hospital when my life-partner and bride-to-be injured her knee.
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Five Chinese Movies That Aren’t Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Chinese movies have existed pretty much since the beginning of cinema, starting with rickety black and white footage of downtown
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How Shanghai is Celebrating the Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is undoubtedly the biggest of all the big holidays in China. It’s like
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Love in the Time of COVID-19
Shanghai Gets a Second Wave of COVID-19
The second wave of COVID-19 sort of hit Shanghai by surprise. Thus far, the city had been spared the worst
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Why Living in China is Great
I already wrote about why living in China can be annoying, it’s time to write about why living in China
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Language Learning, Life in China
Studying Chinese in China
You would think that after two years of living in China and studying Chinese almost every day, I’d be pretty
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Art in Shanghai: The Power Station of Art and TeamLab:Borderless
The Power Station of Art and TeamLab:Borderless are conveniently located next to each other on the banks of the Huangpu
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Living Abroad
Loneliness, Holidays and Living Overseas
Sometimes living overseas can be very lonely. This loneliness is worse during the holidays. This is a blog post about that.
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