Enslaved by Telecommunications Corporations - 2008 Apr 26
(Tags: observations, society, USA)
Extremely Harmonious Video - 2008 Feb 05
(Tags: Micah, other blogs, Shanghai, society, YouTube)
Recycling When It Counts - 2007 Nov 20
Barber Shop Antics - 2007 May 21
(Tags: other blogs, society)
China and Eugenics - 2007 Mar 02
(Tags: marriage, morality, personal, sex, society, the wife)
Morning Subway Runners - 2007 Jan 10
Shanghai’s Cycling Thug - 2007 Jan 08
(Tags: ChinesePod, Shanghai, society)
Homosexual Discourse for China - 2006 Oct 09
(Tags: grad school, Pepe, sex, society, USA)
Arming the Brats - 2006 Oct 01
Open Salaries: Not for China - 2006 Sep 15
Kindness and Courtesy in Shanghai - 2006 Sep 05
The Commutants - 2006 Aug 24
The Chinese Work Ethic - 2006 Jul 23
What Not to Say to Your Kid - 2006 Jun 29
The Chaos Run - 2006 Jun 27
Mother-Daughter Chitchat - 2006 Jun 22
Speech Act Rules and the Weak - 2006 Apr 28
(Tags: grad school, linguistics, racism, society)
Chinese Driving Test - 2006 Mar 18
Telephone Scam? - 2006 Mar 09
(Tags: girlfriend, society)
On Yuppies, Nouveaux Riches - 2006 Jan 09
Shanghai Education Story - 2005 Dec 28
Promoting Plastic Surgery - 2005 Dec 02
A Look at Chinese Bloggers - 2005 Nov 09
(Tags: blogging, censorship, elsewhere, Micah, other blogs, politics, society, tech)
Snobbery, Guilt, and Good Will - 2005 Oct 30
(Tags: laowai, Micah, morality, movies, other blogs, society)
The M&M - 2005 Oct 21
Snobs in China - 2005 Oct 18
(Tags: Carl, classic, Hangzhou, observations, Shanghai, society)
Offensive Laowai T-shirts - 2005 Oct 13
Transnational Life - 2005 Sep 19
(Tags: other blogs, Shanghai, society, travel)
Locking Up My Bike - 2005 Aug 04
(Tags: biking, Chinese characters, Hangzhou, Lenny, society)
Chinese ID Cards - 2005 Apr 19
(Tags: Baidu, elsewhere, observations, other blogs, society)
2004’s Top Chinese Search Results - 2005 Jan 05
(Tags: Baidu, elsewhere, Google, internet, other blogs, society)
Foreign Boyfriend, Chinese Parents - 2004 Mar 04
Hotel Zhoushan Dong Lu - 2003 Jun 09
(Tags: classic, Hangzhou, observations, romance, SARS, sex, society, ZUCC)
The Confucius Effect - 2003 Jun 02
Voluntary Brain Rot - 2003 May 21
Life Under SARS - 2003 May 01
(Tags: classic, current events, Hangzhou, SARS, society)
Sex in the Classroom - 2003 Jan 16
(Tags: classic, Confucius, culture, sex, society, teaching, Wilson)
Poll Mania - 2003 Jan 02
Women and Children - 2002 Nov 22
(Tags: current events, law, Shanghai, society, women)
John has lived in China for 7.9 years. He is a linguist focused on SLA and Asia.