Twin girls get twice the attention that's given to foreign faces
[2011-12-08 15:29]I always wondered what it would be like to be famous.
A place where magic meets the eye - after going up the nose
[2011-12-06 11:03]The magician pushed what looked like a large cocktail stick up his nose. Then he appeared to shove another stick up the other nostril.
Sex is the same everywhere, but attitudes toward it differ
[2011-12-01 10:44]Halfway through my first year of teaching in Zhengzhou I showed my students a movie.
The joys of Pleasant Goat's unpleasant side
[2011-11-30 13:38]Pleasant Goat tells millions of pint-sized Chinese fans to, "Think calmly, and intelligence shines".
No more deadlines but tears remain for former colleague
[2011-11-29 10:34]I was brought up in the British, stiff upper lip style.Emotion isn't something you display in public.
Why re-gifting is the present that improves relationships
[2011-11-24 14:04]When choosing gifts for friends and relatives before a recent trip back to China, my wife played a game of figuring out whom the recipients would end up giving them to.
It's all change in Zhengzhou for bar-hoppers
[2011-11-24 10:56]One of my favorite things about Henan's provincial capital Zhengzhou is observing the frequency with which everything changes.
A place where questions of race often raise eyebrows
[2011-11-17 10:33]For all of its globalization and progress, China still has a discrimination problem.
Language barrier can't overcome bare facts
[2011-11-15 11:16]It's a well-known fact that moving to a new place, eating different food and experiencing new pollutants can be disruptive to the old hormones.
Why I must grow thicker skin about my wider waist
[2011-11-10 13:49]I bought my bathroom scales more than a year ago.
It's payback time for all the years of childcare a mom provides
[2011-11-09 13:13]I have long thought there must be some way of making our children pay us back for the hours and money spent on them.
Welcome to a land of untapped and unmapped opportunity
[2011-11-08 11:16]For a country that many still believe to be strictly Communist, China certainly has no lack of surprise business opportunities, particularly for foreigners.
