We recently interviewed expatriate Steve Holt (names may have been changed to protect the innocent) about his thoughts about China. Steve is a relatively new transplant to China, but in his short time here, he’s experienced quite a bit. This is part 1 of that interview. Let’s see what [...]

Today, I’m starting a new series of posts that I’ll include on the blog whenever I feel like it, probably on my bad China days. The new series is called “Dear China”. In this series of posts, I’ll pick whatever it is that happens to bother me the most about [...]

So my roommate and I went for lunch the other day at a Japanese rice bowl place. We walked in, and only 1 of the 3 employees was awake. The other 2 were sleeping with their heads on the table, completely unaware that customers had even entered the shop. [...]

China, the land of 麻烦 (mafan)! For those of you who don’t know what mafan is, it basically means trouble or inconvenience. And China is chock full of it. In some ways, this has to be the most inconvenient place on earth to live…

I totally love it here in China. It’s a really awesome place! But every culture has its drawbacks. One of the things I hate about Chinese culture is the nose picking, the very public, unabashed nose picking. [...]