Month: June 2013

• Rubber Ducky, You’re the One

  Shanghai has been rainy, polluted, and humid for the past couple of weeks; everything here (including me) seems gray and beaten down. As in Southern California, the city goes through an intense “June Gloom” before summer arrives in full force. As I was walking home last night, though, I spotted a bright flash of yellow…

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  June 13, 2013

  China, Shanghai

• New Arrival

  I brought a lot of books back with me to Shanghai after a recent trip to the U.S., most of them things I need to read for my dissertation or review copies sent to me by publishers. But one paperback tucked in my carry-on bag was a book I have no desire to crack open.…

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  June 7, 2013

  Books, China

  China in the 21st Century: WENtK