Princeton in Asia

Return to the Land

As the door opens, a nectarous scent fills the air, the distinct sweet smell of the greenhouse’s main crop. The afternoon’s…

Call me Rishmael: Finding my White Whale — A Relentless Quest for Tea

In 2013, I was inspired by a passage in Moby-Dick to journey into the world in search…

Why I traveled 200 miles to watch a movie

The obsession began three years ago, when that summer, I watched 30 movies in the span of two weeks. I was in Edinburgh, Scotland, for a study abroad program, and the school had secured passes for us to the city’s famed film festival. Our assignment was to…

Winter at the edge of Siberia

Sorry, it’s been a long time since my last post. Hope you’ve had a Happy Holiday season and 2016 is off to a good start! Holiday-time in China isn’t quite the same as it is in the US. Although they really want it to be. They pretty much use these holidays as another excuse for…

They don’t eat Turkey in China

I think we’re going to celebrate by going out to get some…Chinese food! I know you’re shocked.

I just wanted to say: Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family back home! Hope your day is filled with football, yummy food and card games (that’s…

Home Free

Today I was biking home in a good mood. After spending two weeks biking to and from work on the less-than-dependable Beijing bike share system, I had finally gotten my bike fixed. Even better, instead of paying the 50 kuai “deal” I had been offered by the bike repair stand closest to my office, I had walked…

Delta Feelings. The Good and The Bad

Part 1:

What do Chinese students think of U.S. presidential candidates?

Princeton in Asia (@PrincetonInAsia) has given me the opportunity to spend the past year and a half teaching advanced discussion classes at the China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing, the main feeder school into…

A Day in the Life

Mandalay | November 8 2015

4:30 a.m.