What fascinates me about China

A world of its own

Ni Hao(你好）

A few years ago, I embarked on a business trip with my father to China, I was dumbfounded in a maze of wonders. While being charged with fiery excitement of exploring the flora and…

Is WeChat China’s Homegrown MobileOS?

Speculating on the future of WeChat

Hong Kong Heights

Perspectives from the World’s Most Vertical City

Hong Kong Heights

Everything in Hong Kong is tall and narrow, except, of course, the people. Hong Kong calls itself the vertical city; more people live above the…

How Rubik’s Cube saved my lecture and my face

The Snowden case is not black and white; it’s green…

Changing China

Not the Country You Thought You Knew

The Top 10 Most Dangerous Chinese Home Fireworks

(Just out of the ones exploded by me in the last two…

Chinese New Year’s Eve Tomb Attendance

Guide to Procedure in Youxian County, Hunan, China

Today (January 30th 2014) is the Eve of Chinese New Year, and at an appointed time in the morning, tradition dictates that men, accompanied by…

Culture Crash 101

Trying to Win a Project in China in under 36 Hours

There are moments in life when the essential character of a place reveals itself with such force that it burns into your mind forever. It is not that the place exceeds expectations so…

Den of Bandits

Chapter 3: Cerberus the Three Headed Guard Dog of the Underworld.