China has several major holidays, virtually none of which we celebrate in the West. The Chinese New Year (or Spring …
Month: June 2018
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Vietnamese-Chinese Passport Issue
I went to Vietnam in the summer of 2016. If we flash back to two years ago, we would see …
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Resume Prejudices You Might Face When Looking for Work in China
[Note: This article was first published on eChinacities.com on June 17, 2018.] When looking for work in your home country, …
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My First Experience with Chinese Healthcare
“Where’s my kidney!?” is not something you expect to be asking a doctor as you lay in a strange hospital, …
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Bag-Down Travel
There are many ways to travel. You can backpack across a land, hopping from interesting, semi-convenient spot to the next. …
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West Virginia, USA vs Guizhou, China: Traveling in Your Own Country vs Others
When you live in another country for an extended period of time, you may often treat it as a wonderland, …
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¿Cómo es viajar a Corea del Norte?
When I set out to China for the first time and began chronicling my journeys, I never in my wildest …
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Saudades for Beijing
One thing I love about language is each one has its own system that in some ways is only understood …
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Plumes of Black Smoke
Smog is bad, yes? We can all agree on that? Good. Some smog is egregious, as in New Delhi where …
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Case Study: Ha Long Bay, Vietnam and Noki Bay, Isle Delfino
It’s high time we start treating video games as art. Definitionally, art is a nebulous concept. What is or isn’t …