ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing

April 2007

I’d never had anybody run off looking for a Japanese interpreter to find out what

So last night, to celebrate the news that my boss is happy to keep me

Apr 11, 2007 wangbo

So us foreigners are being targeted. Well, many of those making submissions to the NPC

I’m back. Not that anybody missed me. We spent the weekend up in the village.

Apr 6, 2007 wangbo

Somebody’s looking for me. According to the stats, the keywords in Google searches that have

This is worth a look (via China Dialogue (one of the apparently random links they

Apr 5, 2007 wangbo

One of my students told me that the Talmud was her favourite book because it

Apr 4, 2007 wangbo

So I stuck with To Live for my Chinese study last night. Really, I’ve had

Apr 3, 2007 wangbo

I hate language textbooks. I think I’m more than qualified to say that, having spent

news

Apr 2, 2007 wangbo

Apparently 30% of Chinese married couples have given up on sex due to stress. “With