5 June 2009 – AS-AM

Quick Takes: Observations on the Chinese Way

5 June 200917 April 2013 Johanna1 Comment

In China, it is possible to lock someone in the house. This happened to me the other morning, as in, my roommate locked me inside our apartment. I thought I was going crazy, forgetting how to open the door. Fortunately, I was not losing my mind. The door doesn’t unlock from the inside if it […]

June 4 at Tian’anmen

5 June 200917 April 2013 JohannaNo Comments

I never cared much for the 1989 Tian’anmen Square Incident (or any of the other ones either). Not knowing what China was like 20 years ago, I can’t speak on how the incident has affected China or how much China has changed. What I can say is, I’m adding my more-or-less ambivalence on the incident […]

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caught between two cultures

Day: June 5, 2009

Quick Takes: Observations on the Chinese Way

June 4 at Tian’anmen