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Putting Heartbreak Behind Me in Moving to China

Years ago, when I made the serendipitous – and seemingly accidental – decision to come to China, I actually had

My favorite American holidays have always been the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. I like them best because they don’t

It’s an unusual experience being a foreigner in China. Living in Australia, a pretty multicultural country, I guess I generally

The velvety expanses of grass, and the rolling hills blanketed in oaks and maples still commanded my attention hours after

Last year, July 2017, I arrived in Shanghai for the second time to attend a graduate program. My parents do

With the recent Brett Kavanaugh hearings and confirmation, women around the world have looked on aghast, wondering how an entitled

Recently I, by myself, have started the difficult process of getting my 5-year-old daughter to be able to (fall a)sleep

The funny thing about assumptions is that more often than not we aren’t aware of the fact that we are

The 1st of October once again sees the Chinese flag hoisted up on every storefront and the more patriotic homes,

I’ve lived in many different places in China, but in my heart, Qinghai is my China home. Even though more