Ode to Heisig and RTK - 2008 Jun 30
(Tags: books, Chinese characters, Japanese)
The Mother and the Wife - 2008 Feb 28
(Tags: books)
How to Evaluate a Random Language for Acquisition in an Hour - 2007 Nov 12
Photocopying an Entire Book - 2007 Nov 11
Mouse Umbrella - 2007 Nov 04
Alice in Karmic Chains - 2007 Aug 19
The Bookshelf Problem - 2007 Aug 02
(Tags: books, Chinese study)
Military Weaponry for Kids - 2006 Nov 15
Korean from a Chinese Textbook - 2006 Oct 28
the lively art of writing and the elements of style - 2006 Sep 18
(Tags: books)
Sidney Rittenberg - 2006 Sep 07
What Not to Say to Your Kid - 2006 Jun 29
Freakonomics in Chinese - 2006 Jun 20
(Tags: books, piracy, Shanghai, translation)
Sci-Fi Titles in Chinese - 2006 May 19
(Tags: books, Christianity, translation)
The Best Chinese Textbooks - 2006 Apr 09
(Tags: books, Chinese study, ChinesePod)
Douban - 2005 Dec 13
Shanghai Book Swap #2 - 2005 Nov 23
Shanghai Book Swap - 2005 Sep 23
My Textbook on Dialects - 2005 Sep 02
(Tags: books, Chinese study, language, linguistics, Shanghainese)
Laowai Will Like You Too! - 2005 May 23
Iron & Silk - 2005 Mar 18
(Tags: books, entertainment, Hangzhou, movies, 大山)
Murakami Haruki - 2005 Jan 26
(Tags: books, celebrities, entertainment, Japanese, Micah, translation)
2 weeks - 2004 Sep 24
(Tags: books, comics, linguistics, music, personal, video games)
You gave your life… - 2003 Mar 10
(Tags: books, culture, other blogs, personal)
Linguistics, Anyone? - 2002 Sep 15
(Tags: books, Chinese study, language, linguistics, teaching)
John has lived in China for 8.1 years. He is a linguist focused on SLA and Asia.