China post: Windy Eyes and Hairy Babies
All two of my regular readers may remember from last year that the local shop in our compound […]
China post: Globalisation and green hats
Let’s go back in time to the early 1980s, and Deng Xiao Ping – leader of the Chinese […]
China post: the mysterious art of ear cleaning
Twaaaaaaaang! Twaaaaaaaang! The metallic clanging that can be heard reverberating around any Sichuanese tourist trap worth its salt […]
Post update
Dear friends, As those of you who follow this blog may have picked up, most weekends I try […]
China post Learning to Laugh in the Middle Kingdom
According to legendary travel writer Paul Theroux, “the Chinese have 50 different ways of laughing, but few of […]
China post: Yakking in the Sichuan countryside
The beast stopped abruptly in its tracks; it had spotted our hiding place in the undergrowth. It eyed […]
China post: Snake hotpot
‘There you go!’ Our cheery waitress puts the bowl down. ‘Snake hotpot’. The previously rowdy table suddenly falls […]
A Shanghai Morris
‘I’m sorry could you say that again – we have to do what?’ ‘A performance. In front of […]
China Re-post: Chairman Mao Museum For Sale
Tucked away on a side-street a few blocks north-west of Chengdu’s central Tianfu square you’ll find Wang Anting’s […]
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