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Alan,The mad frenzy at the train station book store you described is reminicent of the comical phenomenon my wife and I experience each time we are away from Beijing on short home leave trips. Sometimes it is not just reading material but simple…
A brave new world — video added!
The Shaolin Warriors in action...
Jacob takes Silver
Jacob got his silver certificate last Thursday at the school assembly. They get merits for good behavior, good work, etc and after 10 they get a bronze, 30 a silver, 60 a gold. Jacob got his silver last week and it happened to coincide with…
May Day, Shaolin Warriors and more…
Today is May Day and it kicks off a week-long national holiday. No school, no ayis, lots of stuff closed.. We are going to Guizhou on Weds. evening. it is a South Central Chinese province, supposed to be very pretty and pretty poor and remote.…
Coaching kids sports
I am writing a bunch of stuff for the Insider's Guide to Beijing. Many of them are basically rewrites of my columns, but here is an original piece of work. I'm not really sure how much I like it.I have always found sports to be a great icebreaker…
Official stories and photos on sandstorm
Since my column going up in a few hours is on the same topic, I took a particular interest in this story from the state-run China Daily. Come with the windBy Ye Jun (China Daily)Updated: 2006-04-21 09:03In the past two weeks, Beijing has witnessed…
Interesting China article
Some of you may remember me telling you about Matt Pottinger, a Journal reporter who quit to join the Marines right as Becky was about to start here. That was a doozy of a phone call. He wrote this for the Journal in December. It raises some…
More pictures
Eli and Anna with Coco, beloved stuffed animal which Laura Romanoff sent when Eli was born. E now sleeps with him every night.
barbecue confusion
Life here often feels like one miscommunication after another. Sunday was a classic example. We had this party for Becky’s office, as discussed below. I bought a new bbq, which I had been wanting to do and this got me going. I spent some time…
Kathy Chen has a baby, we have a party
We had a gathering here on Sunday for Becky’s office. It was supposed to be a sort of sendoff for Kathy Chen and Lily, the office manager, who are both due to have babies in about a month. But Kathy actually had her baby two days prior, at…