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The mountain goddess if she is still there
Will marvel at a world so changed. Continue reading The Day the Earth Slowed Down: The Three Gorges Dam is damn big, and that’s not all
Coronavirus has struck at an interesting time. These are turbulent days. Commentators speak in seismic proportions of ‘before’ and ‘after’ replacing such indulgencies as past and future. We are living in the midst of an Event, or a The Event, like the event which occurred on the 11th of September, 2001. It is an event that shapes modern history, after which one does not look … Continue reading Silver Linings Playbook: Is the coronavirus a necessary wake-up call?
Coronavirus has devastated swathes of China and infected tens of thousands in Italy, Iran, South Korea and northern Europe. Experts predict it could infect half the world’s population in its lifetime–some say it is here to stay, much as is flu or the common cold. But coronavirus may have a dark, secret history, deep in the bowels of Wuhan’s National Biosafety Laboratory, part of the … Continue reading What is the most interesting thing about Coronavirus [COVID-19]?
One student of mine said her boyfriend was ugly because he was too dark. They used to call him Blackie. How does one approach that? Continue reading Old China vs New China
The terrain is constantly being redesigned, reshaped, remoulded, in a bizarre and at times saddening demonstration of power of machine over nature. Continue reading Man vs. Land—geo-cultural differences between China and Europe
Stalls sell frogs’ legs and chilli squid alongside dried kiwis and skinned pineapples, bulbous wooden instruments and chariots made of sugar.
WeChat is a god. Continue reading China: The importance of being sincere
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