China Tech Analyst
Xi an and Beijing I spent the first day of 2021 breathing out contemplative puffs of frost-fog at Ditan Park. The plan was to self-reflect and Think Big Thoughts, but I ended up spending the bulk of the hour wondering why the man walking in front of me had so many tiny labradors embroidered on his
Posted from: Beijing, China Couple of days ago, on my way back home, I walked past the old retired couple that live next door to me. I ve been in this apartment for almost five years now, and though I ve always been on wave-hello terms with the neighbors, we d never really spoken. But this time, the
Posted from: Los Angeles My flight left Beijing where I’ve lived and worked and studied since the early 2000’s for DC on January 24, the day Coronavirus panic took hold. I packed for five days. Six weeks, four cities and a couple of cancelled flights later, I’m still in the States. I fly
North Korea / DPRK 8:30 a.m., April 5, the Mansudae Grand Monument. North Koreans get the day off to celebrate QingMing Tomb Sweeping festival, a national holiday of ancestral worship all over Asia. Myself and four other travelers approach the towering bronze statues of Great Leader Kim Il Sung and his son, Dear Leader Kim