I just finished the process of updating this site to the latest versions of my blog software. The site should now look a little better for those of you using Internet Explorer to view it.
Also, updated the design of the links section on the left hand side of the main page to be uniform and [...]
Here is an eleven minute video showing clips from a traditional Beijing Chinese opera (京剧) I saw last week.
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Here are a few scenes of downtown Harbin viewed from across the river.
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Below are a couple of pictures and a short video of a sidewalk folk dance performed outside a local bank each weekend.
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After two months of studying in China, I can read the sign shown below. I will leave it up to your imagination on if I can read the English or Chinese however…
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