I apologize in advance to Chinese friends and acquaintances who might be reading this blog, but I want to get this off my chest. Saturday, universities in a number of Chinese cities held massive anti-Japanese rallies. In Shanghai, 20,000 people ...

A long, long time ago, back when Helene and I were still deciding whether we wanted to move to Asia, a good friend from Hong Kong explained to me that debts were a typically North American thing. He explained to ...

Chinese food is infinitely varied, but one of my favorite meals is indubitably hot pot. Helene and I joined two of my colleagues Friday (one Shanghainese and one Quebecois) at a hot pot near my place. It was most likely ...

I take the bus to work every morning. It’s been six months of daily bus rides, and they have become a part of my daily routine. Still, it’s amazing to think what an overwhelming experience a simple bus ride used ...

There are some anecdotes that make me feel both very close and incredibly distant from my Chinese colleagues. Here is one of them. One of my colleagues is an avid toy collector. He noticed the ugly Ultraman knockoff I got ...