Six Years and Not Counting: A long-time expat bids farewell to Beijing
So how long have you “done”? This question is grammatically problematic and better-suited to discussions…
Content by: Gareth Jones
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Things that Go Peng in Broad Daylight: In Beijing, anything can happen
As an IB teacher, I am encouraged to encourage students to take risks, this quality…
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Hats off to Ayi Poppins – Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got until you’ve gone on holiday
“T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring,…
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The Craft of Regifting: Taking a page out of the mooncake festival for Christmas
Buying a Christmas gift is like arranging a blind date for a friend: if things…
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Tough Love: Support of a different kind from a Chinese midwife
“Now you listen to me! Do you want the baby to come out or not?…
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Sink or Swim
Allowing others to take responsibility for one’s kids is tough. Until recently, I was doing…
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Artistic Differences
For many of us waiguoren, the closest we’ve gotten to encountering Chinese culture before setting…
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Watership Nearly Put-Down
It is rare that I feel sage-like. It did not take much crystal ball gazing…
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Secret Agent Santa
There are no quicker students of cause and effect than small people. Forever pushers of…
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A Shortsighted Father
“Oh no,” the optician said gravely as he shined his light into the eyes of…