Entries by AlanPaul
This is a nice review of my Bookworm reading, with pictures. Note the comments below, including some haters. I think that’s the same guy who posted something similar on the Hollywood Reporter story. It was great to play with Zhang Yong and Lu Wei. Tonight at the Orchard was even better… and tomorrow at Jianghu […]
Panda Dad meets pandas
So with a single afternoon to kill in lovely, steamy Chengdu, I decided to hop a cab to the panda breeding center and preserve just outside town. It’s certainly not as impressive as the big Wolong Center we visited years ago in the mountains where the bears actually live, but it’s pretty cool. After all […]
On the ground in Chengdu and catching up with some Beijing pictures
My delicious morning breakfast fromt he street cart: jianbing (egg pancakes). Great food and great friends — Guizhou ribs and Maya This trip to Chengdu to speak at the Bookworm tonight is sure to be too brief, but it feels great to be here. Just leaving Beijing and landing in the chengdu airport felt […]
Big in China review and first full day in the ‘Jing
I spoke to a group of fresh-off0-the-boat American college students at Beijing Foreign Student University here for the summer today. It was a lot of fun and I envied the students, here on the cusp of a great adventure. The professor who brought me in there was Jeremiah Jenne, a China blogger I have read […]
Peter Hessler on Big in China
“Alan Paul plunges into Chinese life and takes us along for the ride, through vegetable markets, used-car lots, Taoist temples, divey bars, and a beachside music festival before thousands of cheering fans. He conveys the thrills and challenges of living abroad, the confusions and regrets, and most of all the opportunity to become the person […]