By Alec Ash Nostalgia is hard to keep up with in China. That old bar, that old neighborhood, that old …
In The Gulou Days
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Restive Feelings: A Postcard from Xinjiang
By Alec Ash It was the first day of the Chinese new year [2014] in Urumqi, not that many Uighurs …
Bare Branches: Speed-Dating Games on Singles Day
By Alec Ash Just as the cold winds sweep the last leaves off Beijing’s trees, November 11 was Singles, or …
Netizens Unite: A Q&A with chinaSMACK Blog Founder Fauna
By Alec Ash Fauna (a web name) is the founder and editor of chinaSMACK, a website that translates popular and …
Funny Bones: A Q&A with Jesse Appell About Comedy in China
Photo by Fernanda Fraiz By Alec Ash Jesse Appell is a young American in Beijing who performs comedy in Chinese – …
