China… Beijing Notes 4 Feb 20106 Feb 2010 The Beijinger reports that wide swaths of the Gulou (Drum Tower) neighborhood may be slated for destruction and horrid Disney/Qianmen-style theme park makeover: Disturbing news in the Chinese press has…
North Korea… Encountering the DPRK in Beijing 10 Aug 200910 Aug 2009 The North Korean embassy is set on a leafy walled campus in Beijing’s wicked and rambling Chaoyang district. It lies in close proximity to China’s Foreign Ministry, that grey monolith…
Pensee Peking Days 1 Jul 2009 There are days when all the havoc floats away like flotsam, days when Peking blossoms into full perfection. Days when one’s roommate runs away forever to Mongolia, when blankets fill…
