Solitude, Basketball, and Rain - 2008 Jul 28
(Tags: observations, USA)
False Teeth - 2008 Jun 13
(Tags: observations)
Candlelight Vigil - 2008 May 19
(Tags: current events, observations, Shanghai, the wife)
Hanging Up in Chinese - 2008 May 13
(Tags: Chinese study, observations)
Enslaved by Telecommunications Corporations - 2008 Apr 26
(Tags: observations, society, USA)
Your Favorite Board Games Have Come to China - 2008 Feb 10
(Tags: entertainment, games, marketing, observations)
Jing’an Temple Is All Coked Out - 2008 Jan 06
(Tags: advertising, observations, Olympics)
Filthy Delicious - 2007 Dec 16
(Tags: Chinese characters, food, language, linguistics, observations, pronunciation)
Shanghai Cops Do Stuff Sometimes - 2007 Dec 02
(Tags: observations)
New Notebooks - 2007 Oct 29
(Tags: Japan, observations)
Crabs Run Amok in the Shanghai Subway System - 2007 Oct 23
(Tags: animals, entertainment, observations, Shanghai)
Missing Person on the Subway - 2007 Jul 24
(Tags: advertising, observations)
A Disturbing New Trend - 2007 Jul 19
(Tags: observations)
Reasons to Love Beijing? - 2007 Jun 25
(Tags: Beijing, culture, David, Hangzhou, observations, Shanghai, the wife, work)
4-Man VIP Seating - 2007 Jun 16
(Tags: Hangzhou, observations, photos)
On Accents and Perceived Fluency - 2007 May 25
(Tags: laowai, observations, pronunciation)
Carrefour Brings Order to Check-out Line Chaos - 2007 May 04
(Tags: observations)
May Day in Zhongshan Park - 2007 May 01
(Tags: animals, culture, kids, observations, photos, Shanghai, weather)
Taxi Drivers Like to Read - 2007 Apr 23
(Tags: observations, taxis)
My Antidiuretic Presence - 2007 Mar 06
(Tags: funny, laowai, observations)
How China Destroys Your English - 2007 Feb 10
(Tags: linguistics, observations)
Mental Ruts of a Financial Nature - 2007 Feb 02
(Tags: numbers, observations)
The One-kuai Roll - 2007 Jan 01
(Tags: observations, taxis)
Rock, Paper, Scissors: the Store! - 2006 Nov 28
(Tags: observations)
So True - 2006 Nov 18
(Tags: observations, other blogs)
Some t-shirts I’ve seen lately - 2006 Oct 18
(Tags: fashion, observations, Shanghai)
Fortune Cookies for Shanghai - 2006 Oct 12
(Tags: advertising, observations, Shanghai)
Asian, Brunette, Blonde - 2006 Oct 06
(Tags: observations, racism)
Good People at Bad Times - 2006 Jul 11
(Tags: classic, observations, personal)
Living in China is like an RPG - 2006 Jan 13
(Tags: classic, culture, funny, observations)
Sweet Tomato Juice - 2005 Dec 19
(Tags: food, observations, site news)
Ah, ah, ah! Hey, hey, hey! - 2005 Nov 19
(Tags: Japan, music, observations)
SPR Coffee - 2005 Nov 14
(Tags: food, observations)
Snobs in China - 2005 Oct 18
(Tags: Carl, classic, Hangzhou, observations, Shanghai, society)
Courage and Fear - 2005 Jul 26
(Tags: classic, elsewhere, movies, observations, personal)
Running the Gauntlet - 2005 Jun 28
(Tags: elsewhere, laowai, observations, Shanghai)
Micah on Creativity - 2005 Apr 28
(Tags: culture, observations, teaching)
Chinese ID Cards - 2005 Apr 19
(Tags: Baidu, elsewhere, observations, other blogs, society)
Death on Chinese Roads - 2005 Apr 19
(Tags: current events, observations)
The Rat Game - 2005 Apr 07
(Tags: Carl, observations, personal, Shanghai)
Marco Polo Syndrome - 2005 Mar 30
(Tags: observations, other blogs)
Chinese College Dorms - 2005 Mar 26
(Tags: observations)
Closer Subtitle Surrealism - 2005 Mar 23
(Tags: classic, entertainment, funny, language, movies, observations, piracy)
The Developing - 2005 Mar 21
(Tags: observations)
Look out, Taiwanese women! - 2005 Feb 22
(Tags: observations)
One jiao — what is it good for? - 2005 Feb 03
(Tags: observations)
Dust - 2005 Jan 19
(Tags: observations, personal)
Holiday Thievery - 2005 Jan 12
(Tags: Carl, Micah, observations, other blogs, personal, Shanghai)
Real Estate Companies - 2005 Jan 10
(Tags: housing, observations)
Chinese Three-Dot Tattoos - 2004 Dec 03
(Tags: observations)
The Veteran Sensation - 2004 Nov 11
(Tags: observations)
Phone booth sanctuary - 2004 Nov 10
(Tags: observations)
Asking the Wrong Person - 2004 Nov 09
(Tags: observations)
Window Washers - 2004 Nov 07
(Tags: observations)
10 Things the Chinese Do Better - 2004 Nov 05
(Tags: observations)
Justified Cruelty - 2004 Nov 04
(Tags: observations)
Telling Anecdotes - 2004 Sep 28
(Tags: observations)
Anti-Washington - 2004 Sep 07
(Tags: observations)
A Few Photos - 2004 Aug 14
(Tags: observations)
Being a Good Citizen Online - 2004 Jul 14
(Tags: observations, tech)
Field Chickens and Bleached Buns - 2004 Jun 21
(Tags: food, observations)
Qipao Parade - 2004 Jun 09
(Tags: celebrities, culture, elsewhere, fashion, girls, observations, photos)
Yangmei are back! - 2004 May 23
(Tags: observations)
Shelley in Xishuang Banna - 2004 Apr 30
(Tags: observations, Shelley, travelogue)
Evil Has a New Home - 2004 Mar 23
(Tags: observations)
Heard at Work - 2004 Mar 16
(Tags: observations)
Shanghai vs. Beijing - 2004 Mar 10
(Tags: Beijing, classic, observations, Shanghai, Shelley)
Busful of Lonely - 2004 Mar 05
(Tags: observations)
“Chinese” Tea - 2004 Feb 23
(Tags: observations)
The gnomes, the gnomes! - 2004 Feb 14
(Tags: observations)
Clear Skies - 2003 Nov 25
(Tags: observations)
Uncooperative Water - 2003 Nov 22
(Tags: classic, observations, ZUCC)
Muzimei Correction - 2003 Nov 20
(Tags: current events, observations)
Wang’s Observations - 2003 Nov 18
(Tags: Chinese study, culture, language, observations, teaching)
Just “Box” - 2003 Nov 12
(Tags: observations)
Who’s Ed? - 2003 Nov 10
(Tags: language, observations)
This is how it is - 2003 Nov 06
(Tags: observations)
Unbelievable - 2003 Oct 29
(Tags: observations)
The Anti-Apple - 2003 Oct 22
(Tags: observations)
Too much DNA - 2003 Oct 09
(Tags: Chinese study, food, observations, politics, vocabulary)
West Lake & Beer - 2003 Sep 28
(Tags: Greg, Hangzhou, John B, observations, Wilson)
Nanjingren - 2003 Sep 22
(Tags: observations, other blogs)
Chinese Food Quirks - 2003 Sep 18
(Tags: observations)
Back from Japan - 2003 Sep 04
(Tags: observations, travelogue)
Counterfeiting in China - 2003 Jul 18
(Tags: observations, Wayne, ZUCC)
Back - 2003 Jul 09
(Tags: observations, personal, travelogue)
Fighting Pollution - 2003 Jun 20
(Tags: bureaucracy, classic, Hangzhou, observations, personal, ZUCC)
Mysteries of the A/C - 2003 Jun 11
(Tags: observations)
Hotel Zhoushan Dong Lu - 2003 Jun 09
(Tags: classic, Hangzhou, observations, romance, SARS, sex, society, ZUCC)
Evil Empire - 2003 Apr 22
(Tags: current events, observations)
English only, please — this is China - 2003 Apr 13
(Tags: classic, culture, language, observations)
“China - The Real Facts” - 2003 Feb 28
(Tags: observations)
I’m Being Watched… - 2003 Feb 10
(Tags: observations, travelogue)
Tissue Issues - 2003 Jan 07
(Tags: observations)
Observations in the USA - 2002 Dec 30
(Tags: observations, USA)
Frames and Tunes - 2002 Dec 17
(Tags: music, observations)
Whingefest - 2002 Dec 15
(Tags: Alf, Hangzhou, internet, observations, other blogs, personal, teaching, toilets, weather, ZUCC)
Daily Life Q&A - 2002 Oct 13
(Tags: DVDs, food, Hangzhou, observations)
Flashback: Aug. 20, 2000 - 2002 Jul 16
(Tags: flashback, observations, taxis)
Zhuhai - 2002 May 15
(Tags: elsewhere, observations, travel)
John has lived in China for 8.2 years. He is a linguist focused on SLA and Asia.