[Note: This article was first published on eChinacities.com on June 17, 2018.] When looking for work in your home country, …
Category: The China Chronicles
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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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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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Top 5 Places to See in China
This is my Top 5 List of Things to See in China if You Can’t Go Anywhere Else. There’s pithier …
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First Visit to Macau
Given the opportunity to visit a city nearby, if even for a day or two, I’m always in. On my …
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Are All Han Chinese Really the Same Ethnicity?
Are Han Chinese really one race? When living in China as a non-Chinese foreigner, one thing is abundantly clear. You …
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Identity Abroad through Pop Music
I never really listened to pop music much in the US. I was the weird kid in 2nd grade when …