About Jocelyn Eikenburg

Why ‘Auspicious Snow Heralds a Good Year’ in Chinese Culture

Yesterday, we awoke to a scene of white winter wonder: via GIPHY A heavy “goose feather” snowfall had dusted the

With the Winter Olympics set to kick off in Beijing in less than a month, the Games have become a

I have no idea when I’ll return to the US to visit my family. Writing these words out feels strange

“Immunization series completed.” The words, in a pleasant shade of green, flashed in my health kit, a confirmation that I

“When are you coming home?” Recently, my family asked if I might return to the US sometime later this year,

The Chinese saying of “moneyed or not, return home for Chinese New Year” (有钱没钱回家过年, yǒuqián méi qián huíjiā guònián) endures

Among the rituals I observe every morning when I arrive bleary-eyed to work, nothing perks up my senses more than

We’ve just said farewell (or good riddance!) to 2020, a year marked by unprecedented and unusual challenges that have affected

How’s the COVID situation in China? I hesitated to type a response to my friend back in the US, as

It was less than 24 hours before my flight to Ningxia was scheduled to take off from Beijing Capital International