Random thoughts thanks to “Anais Nin” and “Amy Chua/Tan”
What kicked off these random thoughts was caused by a Chinese friend quoting Anais Nin, “The only thing psychoanalysis achieves is to make one more conscious of one’s misfortunes.” I Googled the quote...
View ArticleChina’s Educated Women Work to Bring about Change from Within
“You must matter,” she tells the girls that are her students. “You must be independent.” The teacher wants her students to know the alternatives so they have choices. She says, “You don’t change...
View ArticleHarlequin Romance Invades China – a guest post by Tom Carter
Growing up in a rural, slate-roofed village deep in the countryside of southeast China, the only English books my Chinese wife had to read back then were a brittle copy of Tess of the d’Urbervilles...
View ArticleOprah Times Four in China
Oprah may have retired in America, but her Chinese counterparts are still at work with a combined audience approaching one billion people. After doing research for this post, I thought, how could these...
View ArticleThe Complex Evolution of Sex in China
A Guest Post by Richard Burger of The Peking Duck One of the questions I hear the most is whether the Chinese people’s attitude toward sex is conservative or open-minded. And the answer is that it’s...
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