If you have the patience for a long read, this book is fascinating. Written by an American teaching 4th grade Chinese students in a Chinese school, while continuing to live in true 'hutong' style. Meyer compares/contrasts the old Bejing with the new push to be 'modern' for the Olympics. 'Modern...
I went to touch the Wall, to lay hands upon it. It didn’t matter how many times I had done it before, or how many times I would do so again. It was my lodestone, my centering point, my story as a journalist covering Germany and the East bloc. Nothing has ever been so freighted with symbolism, ide...
She asked what I saw at the hot spring and whether I had learned anything about Eastern Fortune’s plans. We squatted and talked. It was a weekday, and the road was empty save for us, pawing at the black earth. She wondered aloud if there was such a thing as too much development. “How do you know ...