We’ll be sure to get a proper update for our highly enjoyable and fascinating time in Xi’an but right now we’re in Sanmenxia, a small city east of Xi’an which, surprisingly, reminds me of a mid-size city in North America. We’re here to visit International China Concern’s project, a joint project with the provincial government [...]
Read more →Chengdu may have been our favorite city on this trip so far. We’d heard while in Chongqing that it (Chengdu) was a nicer place to live, and the descriptions we’d heard of its major characteristics – slower pace of life, teahouse culture, natural beauty, excellent cuisine, etc – reminded us of some of the things [...]
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Since our website is blocked we can’t post all the adorable pictures of pandas but here’s a teaser.
Read more →伥鬼 (chāng guǐ): ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
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This was taken at the Chengdu airport before we boarded our plane to Xi’an. I don’t really get the appeal here, although I suspect there are two socio-cultural elements at play here: 1. Kids peeing in public is an everyday occurrence, and 2. European luxury is seen as the ultimate status symbol here (I’m guessing [...]
Read more →Floating up the Yangtze to our next destination of Chongqing was a great way to experience the changing landscape of China – from our familiar flat landscape of Zhejiang Province to the steep mountainous terrain of Chongqing. The layout of the city is so steep, actually, that bikes are a rarity (and the few that [...]
Read more →NOTE: internet connection is still slow, though a little better, here in Chengdu. I have little patience with trying to upload photos but I’ve added a few from the cruise. We are still experiencing things at a faster rate than I am able to write them down! I’m writing the beginning of this post [...]
Read more →I’m writing this from a 32nd floor apartment in the JiangBei (“North of the River”) District of the city of Chongqing, with a magnificent view of the city. We arrived in Chongqing on Tuesday morning, and by the time we catch up to writing about it we’ll have a lot to share, but I thought [...]
Read more →“Pregnancy-oriented Economy”, new market conditions brought about by a predicted baby boom in China 大肚子经济 dà dù zi jīng jì Literally, “big belly economy”
Read more →NOTE: Our internet connection is too slow to upload pictures at the moment. We’ll catch up soon. Greetings from a giant boat on the Yangtze River! We are currently aboard the “President Prime,” the newest and fanciest cruise ship on the river (it started business in April of this year). This is probably the most [...]
Read more →At the beginning of this week, Sarah and I returned to the two cities where we lived for each of the two years we lived in China. Shaoxing and Hangzhou. I’ve been to both cities several times since I’ve been here, but for Sarah it was her first time back in 3 years. In Shaoxing, [...]
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