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Erik Nilsson

A banquet survival guide

I woke up in some hotel room I'd never seen before in Danjiankou, Hubei province, with no idea how I got there.
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Stuart Beaton

Recycling begins at home

My wife and I are trying to reduce our contribution to landfill, in whatever small we can. As Wen Hengfeng, a full-time garbage campaigner at Global Village Beijing says, "Even the smallest actions can help save the planet".
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Raymond Zhou

Passengers kept waiting in the wings

An airport departure lounge in the thunderstorm-prone summer afternoons is like a visit to a dental office in the US.
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Gus Tate

Getting over a well-worn stereotype

I used to be pretty good at chess.
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Stuart Beaton

Nothing new about men in female roles

While watching TV the other day, I was shocked to find that the person singing was a man in a dress.
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Lisa Carducci

Shop till you drop ... or look at labels

I never pay attention to fashion and brands. I wear what I feel is comfortable and convenient. Decades ago, my 10-year-old Italian nephew asked me for jeans from Canada when I visited.
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Thomas Talhelm

Beware nation's ego pollution

China has little crime, but it's a dangerous place. Murder, muggings, assault - these concerns do not keep me up at night. It's my ego I'm concerned about.
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Erik Nilsson

Foreigners now start to drop names

My friends Dirty Law, Dust Language and Silky Smooth aren't who you're thinking they are - that is, they're not young Chinese who have picked amusing English appellations.
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Stuart Beaton

Chewing the fat on word definitions

Gus Tate had a crack last week (June 3) at defining how his Cantonese students define "strong", and that might work down South.
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Gus Tate

A working definition of 'strong'

There are a lot of things that often happen to me in China which would almost certainly never happen in the United States.
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