29 Feb
They are some of those strange observations the foreigner makes in China: Guy and girl sit next to each other in the park. They coddle each other, obviously very much in love. Same people, same place, half an hour later: she has her back turned to him, sullenly plucks on some leaves, obviously irritated. He [...]
12 Apr
“What are *they* like?” oftentimes turns into a question of men and women. Thus, one of those things one often rubs up against, whether observing China or being involved in an intercultural relationship, whether being in-country or hearing about it from afar, are issues of gender. How you are, as a man or woman, seems [...]
27 Jan
Fewer daughters will raise women’s value http://opinion.globaltimes.cn/foreign-view/2010-01/501145.html The Chinese countryside is scattered with posters urging people to remember that “Girls are just as good as boys,” but the surplus of men keeps rising. According to a study released in April 2009 by the British Medical Journal, currently, 117 boys are born in China for every [...]
25 Sep
“Cultures are often more alike than they seem, ” Global Times, Sep. 24, 2009 Recently, the opinion pages of the Global Times have seen a lot of debate over such thorny issues as the relationships between older Western men and young Chinese women, and the tricky subject of living together before marriage. Relationships, especially families, [...]
Between "work" and "life," "humanity" and "nature," "us" and "them," we are ever more like tourists just visiting this world - and indeed this one life we have for sure.
High time we come to be at home.
…, Or: The Best Habit Is a Tool Convenience. It is our time’s great guideline. And it’s what makes us live ever more on this world, like tourists just visiting, rather than truly at home in this world. Even “lifehackers,” who seem the best example of people who still want to learn more when they [...]
“I’m not impressed.” It is easily the ugliest modern attitude that gets expressed by this phrase. As an attempt at coolness and aloofness that does not result in any of the freedom that a certain distance from the humdrum world could provide, it is nothing but proving that you are not really engaged in this [...]
The age of adventure, the era of explorers – it all seems a thing of the past. Now, the best you can do is action sports and extreme travel – but there’s a big difference: The earlier explorers didn’t quite know what they were getting themselves into, and went to the white spots on the [...]
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