Don’t forget to dress for the fire.

Beijing is the first city I’ve lived in where firemen go to fight fires wearing ties. On my way back from Chinese class this afternoon, a fire engine was stuck in traffic behind us. The street in front of my apartment, which connects to an arterial surface street as well as an expressway, is typically […]

National Day in Changchun

Some photos from Changchun:

Staring At North Korea From Dandong

A Brief Introduction I wrote this years ago as part of a narrative about my trip to Liaoning Province in 2007. I’ve not been able to write a satisfactory account of the middle part of the trip (and remain unsatisfied with what I wrote about its beginning), but have felt motivated to finish writing about […]

Swedish Christmas Dinner at the Beijing IKEA

I started today with some festive Christmas linguistics reading: Chomsky, Radford, Cook, Ouhalla and I spent the morning together, humbug-ing away. After that I called my parents, who had just finished eating a Norwegian Christmas dinner. My mother is a cook of such quality that I generally don’t eat holiday meals if they’re not cooked […]