Taking a dream train journey, after 20 years
2011-08-17 07:54:20
Flying out of Shanghai in the summer is a lesson in patience and prayer when seasonal storms play havoc with flight routes.
Why I wear a loathing for Facebook on my ruby red lips
2011-08-16 08:05:56
Facebook has clogged my computer.
Sober Gao waxes lyrical, as Cheung and Tse spit fire
2011-08-12 08:18:00
Musician and novice director Gao Xiaosong has done the crime and is making the most of his time after being locked up for six months on a DUI (drunk driving) charge.
I'm black but that's no reason to run from me
2011-08-11 07:49:04
I stood in front of an elevator, waiting. Two young girls' eyes darted toward me, I smiled, and the girls exchanged nervous glances.
Why citizen journalism sounds much better in theory
2011-08-10 07:54:40
Citizen journalism has had a great press recently.
Want to ace Chinese exam? Turn on the TV
2011-08-10 07:54:40
Chinese is supposed to be my second language, but it was one of my weakest subjects in school.
I want to ride my bicycle. I want to ride it where I like
2011-08-09 08:39:13
I recently bought a bicycle. I don't know why it took me so long.Now that I have a bicycle I am seeing the city in a whole new light.
Gutenberg's Waterloo
2011-08-07 07:44:13
The rise of electronic books has changed more than just reading habits.
Double toil and baby trouble for star couple
2011-08-05 08:00:17
You have to feel sorry for child celebrity Lucas, who celebrated his fourth birthday earlier this week.
Truth or dare
2011-08-05 08:00:17
Fang Zhouzi likes to pick fights. Figuratively, that is. Specifically, he likes to unveil fraud in academia.
No resisting the pull of Disney's magic
2011-08-04 08:25:32
As I'm neither a 5-year-old nor a menopausal Disney fanatic, a dubbed Disney mash-up is not the kind of performance I typically attend.
Recent convert to the cause of massages
2011-08-02 08:18:35
I lay facedown with my ugly mug in a padded oval aperture in the massage table.
