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I have no opinion whatsoever about the shoals. But can't they keep bananas out of the picture. I went to 3 supermarkets yesterday and can't...

Don't make life harder than it already is. Don't try to take a flight or train without your passport.

Agreed. No misery, just occasionally annoyed (spitting, people cutting in line, dysfunctionally designed public transportation, ect.).

Laowai is a negative term. My two Chinese teachers at BLCU (way back when) told me it had evolved into a negative term (just as people now...

I think most people will agree that in any country, 98% of the people are fine and the other 2% are bad eggs (the latter would include Yang...

Everyone needs to read this....

Does someone need a hug?...

I always stay over in Chengdu and visit the Panda Center. Fly in from Beijing, see the Pandas in the afternoon, and fly on to Huanglong...

A piece of cake. You arrive at Jiuzhaigou airport (actually called Jiuhuang). There you buy a ticket and take a Ford Transit passenger van...

But I understand Longkou is a remote location. Not even a train station. You are forced to commute to Yantai (which itself isn't very large...

When I was based in Shanghai in 2005, I used to go to the Blue Frog in Hongqiao (a subsitute for the Beijing Steak & Egg which was still...

Phil's a great guy, and a great cook. But when he began opening multiple Beijing locations (and the Shanghai restaurant which later closed...

Who has the best home-cooked "diner" style food in Beijing now? ...

There is no beautiful countryside in the north. The run from Beijing to Guangzhou is nice once you cross into Guangzhou though. And you'd...

One day in Guilin is enough. Spend the second and third day in nearby Yangshuo. Far more beautiful and interesting.