Running through the haze becomes first Chinese lesson
[2014-03-27 08:34]As a former champion runner back in the United Kingdom a few years ago - OK, many years ago - I learned the importance of timing.
Are you addicted to smartphone?
[2014-03-20 07:29]I think my iPhone has destroyed my brain. I really do. I used to listen in meetings; now I browse the Internet.
Shopping like locals in China
[2014-03-13 10:00]When visiting a foreign country, some people like to visit the monuments, others the restaurants while some want to seek out the natural wonders.
A hop, skip and a jump to nowhere
[2014-03-06 07:19]An old proverb says: "Pride goeth before a fall." However, I never really knew what it meant until my trip to the museum.
Not quite a royal flush
[2014-02-27 07:31]We entered the courtyard, with its tiny garden area and quaint decorations, and we instantly fell in love with the place.
Beer festival has fun times in the bag
[2013-08-20 07:50]It was an odd sight - a half-dressed man scurrying round a corner carrying a clear polythene bag of amber liquid.
Pleasing your loved ones is embedded in Chinese culture
[2013-08-13 11:16]Such is the dilemma in modern China, where young adults must balance cultural and family expectations with the overpowering desire to blaze their own path.
I conquer the tallest building in Beijing, panting
[2013-08-06 09:11]If elevators work, will you consider climbing to the top of a 330-meter-high skyscraper by leg power?
Lost in translation an everyday occurrence
[2013-07-30 08:11]When my mother visited China at the age of 73, she said it was the first and would be the last time.
Making umbrellas manly is simple
[2013-07-23 13:25]Women's faces are often found in the shade cast by the umbrellas they carry on China's sunny days.
Living below the line
[2013-07-15 09:30]An expatriate in China looks at food from a different perspective, and takes part in a challenge that allows him only $1.50 a day for meals.
Too much hospitality creates hostility
[2013-07-09 11:20]I want to tell autonomous travelers, who are heading to a place as tourists, not to announce their visit to their friends.
