The Nanjing Galaxy Yacht Club floats securely in the yellowish, turbid water of the Yangtze River. The neighborhood - in the northwest of the city, far from the Ming Dynasty wall - is mostly industrial. Not far upstream is the famous Yangtze River Bridge, a dark, ominous shape stretching across the water....
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New Year Predictions
The niu year has now passed. While it may be inauspicious to go digging up old news and past grudges, a quick rummaging through our archives has revealed a few loose tigers, so to speak, which deserve a bit of the spotlight on this festive day. And perhaps they can help us...
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What My Student Gave Me: an unabridged journal entry
May 20, 2008 - Yichang, China
"Dazed morning at the primary school, raspy voice trying to read a book about butterflies over the constant murmurs of the students. One of my students, the one with the possessed eyes, has now given me a little 'present' - twice now. Actually, today before class...
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Quarantine vs Guacamole 2009 -OR- Children’s Day: Best Day Ever.
On this holiday in 2008 the Olympic torch passed over the quaint dam nearby and into our city of Yichang. This year’s big event, best known as Swine Flu, made a surprise appearance in the form of an alleged Nanjing city-wide mandate for foreigners to be quarantined (in their personal apartments) for a...
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HE FOUND SOMETHING UP THERE!
A young Chinese man who mines his nose for a living is said to have discovered a new and important substance he calls, Yichang Gold. “I was exploring the eastern gallery when all of a sudden I came across a hard foreign feeling substance. I used my extra long leisure nail to...
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This is What Happens When…
prosticutters teach primary school
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This is What Happens…
when you put all your eggs in one basket
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