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While most expats returned to their home countries for Christmas I stay in Beijing and wittness an interesting mix of Western traditions and symbols in an Eastern environment.
Spooky: I test my nerves as I explore Beijing’s most haunted address: An abandoned church in Chaoyang District. Legend tells of people mysteriously vanished within its walls...
Riding the subway in Beijing at rush-hour feels like going through a spin-cycle in a washing machine. Join me on my daily commute from Shangdi to Chaoyangmen.
Can people assimilate into a foreign culture? Do they do it automatically? Here are ten changes in my personality that might prove I'm turning into a Chinese. ;-)
My friend Loong and I climb the Great Wall at Mutianyu during a winter storm leaving vast stretches of the wall all to ourselves and turning the steep steps into a slippery...
To foreigners the behaviour of China and its people may seem a bit odd at times. These books may help you to better understand and appreciate this unique country.