Category: China

April 25, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Datong: Yearly Showstopper

“The most dreadful thing about celebrating a New Year is the certainty that you did…

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April 24, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Nanjing: Holographic Buddhas

“Rare are the artworks who can tastefully combine ancient icons in modern formats. The creators…

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April 23, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Shanghai: Granting Inertia

“No matter how many ties I experience it, it’s fresh each time. The sensation of…

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April 22, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Hohhot: Debt Free by 2020

“The endless cycle of wake, work and sleep with no interruptions is its own type…

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April 21, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Beijing: Forever Visa Trips

There’s something bizarre about modern Visa paperwork requiring hard copies of files and the physicals…

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April 20, 2023 / Asia

Living in Hohhot : Trust in the Trials

“Nothing says “Guess this is my home” like purging a zone of infestations.” – Old…

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April 19, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Hohhot: It’s Always Been Asia

“There’s no better way to get a feel for a city than by walking it.…

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April 18, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Beijing: Back in Beijing

“Though in terms of miles, I’ve circled the world several times, this return to Beijing…

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December 24, 2022 / Asia

Departing Beijing: A Farewell to China

“Over a year in Asia and I’ve not learned more than ten sentences in Chinese.…

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December 21, 2022 / Asia

Visiting Fengdu: Duality of Ghost Cities

“Mortals get an end to their story; that is their birthright. But faiths of ancestors…

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December 20, 2022 / Asia

Revisiting Chongqing: The Recollection Returns

“Without the ability to revisit a moment in time, revisiting an exact place is impossible.…

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December 4, 2022 / Asia

Visiting Harbin: A Light in the Ice

“It’s astonishing to me that there’s always at least one human who will look at…

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December 3, 2022 / Asia

Visiting Guangzhou: Halo on the Spire

“All of a person’s world is comprised of the same thousand people. You simply find…

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December 2, 2022 / Asia

Visiting Wuhan: Gilded Water Towers

“Traveling for work is odd. There’s an element of exhaustion, often nothing feels real and…

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December 1, 2022 / Asia

Visiting Tianjin: Hazy Winter Cities

“I dread the day when we visit stores to buy our canisters of compressed, clean…

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