Anti-Family SNS Groups and Mandating Morality
So much for "Traditional Family Values": The People’s Daily has an interesting article about an…
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Beijing by the Book: The Foremost Good Fortune
An excerpt from former Beijing resident Susan Conley’s forthcoming memoir The Foremost Good Fortune recently…
Past Forward in Taipei
I have only the vaguest of memories of my first and, until recently, only trip…
Ni Hao, Da Niao: Chinese Version of Sesame Street Planned
The last time Big Bird made an appearance in China, most Beijingers were still riding…
Cutting the Cord on those Terrible 20-somethings?
Last week’s New York Times article (What Is It About 20-Somethings?, Aug 18, 2010) on…
How to Supervise a Split?
China Hearsay has an interesting piece discussing a recent China Daily/Xinhua story on the jurisdiction…
Free Measles Shots in September
The Global Times and other Chinese media outlets have announced free measles (ma(2) zhen(3), 痲疹)…
All Expo-ed Out
After reading numerous articles about the over-the-top kitsch, long lines, overpriced food and generally poor…
Beach Ball: Seven Families, Fifteen Kids and Three Days in Beidaihe
For the Dragon Boat Festival holiday we tagged along on for what turned out to…
Ambiguous Nationalities: Another Take on the Dual Citizen Dilemma
A few months back I wrote a post about how our family was dealing with…