Golf? Golf.
My life has taken some imporbable turns in China. I play ice hockey. I front a popular band in Beijing. But this is right up there: I wrote a golf story for the Wall Street Journal.
Last column touches on Tibet.. watch out below…
If you haven’t seen it yet, my last column is here .I think I was pretty gentle about Tibet and backed into the subject, but the response from Chinese readers has been interesting, and very heated. I’ll put some letters up here, but to…
Cool Beijing video
I just liked this.
Hong Lou Si — Red Snail Temple
Last week, we took a Sunday afternoon trip to Red Snail Temple, about an hour north of here, close to the Mutianyu Great Wall section, which we have visited countless times. It was our second visit to the Temple. It's a pretty area and a cool…
More gigging…
We had two gigs last week. The first was at the biggest place we play, Yugong Yishan, a big rock club with a capacity of over 500, a big stage, light and sound system, and the second was at the smallest, Jianghu Jiuba, a tiny cozy hutong bar…
Super Moverz
The kids were off school all last week and attended Super Moverz Camp at school. It's hard to describe how much they loved it. This is run by our friend Wyatt, who is moving to San Diego and ramping it up in the U.S. this summer. Check out…
Last column
I've gotten slack about posting my columns up here. Here is my last one, even as I finish up my next one, which will post Thursday late afternoon, EST.
More history
I came across this really interesting, must-read article by Peter Hessler about Han attitudes towards the big T. It is a pretty complex issue with a long and deep history. Here are two key passages:When the Chinese speak of pre-1951 Tibet,…
More…
This story bummed me out. It's all about how C is clamping down on ethnically t parts of the country.. they are some of my favorite places I've ever been in the world and knowing this is going on out there is making me very sad. I haven't been…