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

tilting at windmills

This last week in class has seen me discussing with the students why Baidu is

Apr 5, 2009 wangbo

It’s definitely too early in the morning to be trying to get all intellectual, but

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其实，你不去了解对方，又怎么知道你就了解自己？ In fact, if you don’t go and understand the other side, how could you

Mar 19, 2009 wangbo

Because sometimes expat life really sucks. There are some things that you think would be

Unfortunately racism is a problem everywhere around the world, and even more unfortunately New Zealand

There was something that got me thinking about Bao Pu’s and Peony’s last comments on

Here’s an interesting story: A family in Shunyi is upset because their township family planning

You can blame Peony for this. Her musings on place in this post set my