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August 2004 - Posts

Ruthlessly Hounded on the Great Wall of China

Posted Monday, August 09, 2004 4:23 AM by will
You can’t come to Beijing and not see the Great Wall. It would be like going to Cairo and skipping the pyramids. People would think you had some kind of brain parasite. The Great Wall is one of the world’s iconic monuments, and you have to Read More...
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The Cheapest Drunk in the World

Posted Sunday, August 08, 2004 5:26 AM by will
One of the interesting things about coming to Beijing to study was that I was completely surrounded by 20 year-old American college students spending their summers abroad studying Mandarin. By “studying”, I mean, of course, that they came Read More...
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The Standard Issue Chairman Mao

Posted Friday, August 06, 2004 11:43 PM by will
I had never before lived in a country where there was a real cult of personality. China has fixed that. Oh, Americans give it their best shot. God bless them if they don’t want Reagan on everything these days: Ships, money, Mount Rushmore , text Read More...
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