More Bicycles Than You Can Shake A Stick At!
I ain’t never seen so many bicycles in my life! Time to beat ’em with a stick! The special bike-lots Even lined up outside my door! China is the land of the bicycle. I swear there are more bikes than people, and they are everywhere. You cannot imagine the volume…
Read MoreMr Tom Lee & Friends
Tom rocks the boat with a little help from his friends Tom’s Style Adjustment Before After The first time I met Tom, he didn’t believe who I was. He’d read my website after a trip to Russia and offered to host me when I first arrived in Beijing, but when…
Read MoreI Hate the Sound of Spitting
The center of the sound of spitting Even at the Beach! Spit there and die! I wish I had enough cash for a Sony Digital VideoCam. No, I don’t want to bore you with bad home movies; I want to record China’s national sound in the making. In Russia, I…
Read MoreLearning all at Beijing Language and Culture University
Nothing like wandering around a Chinese university campus The best in Chinese education The Uni’s Bla Bla Bar 28 September, 1999 A year ago, a guy wrote into my web site about his summer spent in Moscow. He sounded cool, and after a few emails back and forth, we became…
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