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How many people does it take to post a letter?
Four, if it’s going to Mauritius, it seems. You see, I have no idea what ‘Mauritius’ is in Chinese, much less in Chinese characters. None of my colleagues have ever heard of the place (despite a burgeoning Chinese community right at its heart, it would be a little unfair to expect them to) and the […]
Wherever I lay my hat?
November 21, 2012
It was a little weird returning to Beijing after a few weeks in London, and then Vietnam and, for the first time, thinking of a place other than England as “going home.” It was odd to start with when answering what should have been a very basic question from those in Ho Chi Mihn City […]
Trade Flows
November 18, 2012
The most often asked question on my fleeting return to the UK was, what’s the strangest thing you’ve eaten, followed (in the frequency stakes) by what do you miss the most? Now assuming that that second question wasn’t, in most cases, simply fishing for compliments (you of course!), I can honestly say I was stumped. […]
A window on the world – portraits of China
November 15, 2012
Artists, acrobats, the army and holy men… A still-life drawing class – Yellow Dragon Spring Ancient Town, Sichuan Province
Two changes in Chinese leadership?
October 24, 2012
It’s become increasingly clear over the past few weeks that something fishy is going on with Google in China. It’s not generally the most stable search engine and can often hang and even drop off entirely; many’s the time I’ve had to rethink and even use Baidu to get what I need. But as we […]
Facing up to modern China
September 5, 2012
It’s a country of nearly 1.4billion people – here are just a few of them.
10 strangest foods in China
August 27, 2012
There are lots of strange things to eat in China. Before moving out here, I read Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper by Fuschia Dunlop and, whilst I have no real desire to eat the former, I’ll confess something of an addiction to Sichuan pepper already – a lip-numbing, fragrant pepper that I hadn’t come across […]
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An Unweeded Garden 
November 27, 2012
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