Pictured above: I asked this same question weeks ago: why isn’t anybody looking towards the North? Now we know why. (image by en.wikipedia.org) Five weeks ago in a Reflections in Sinoland column, I wrote about the missing Kuala Lumpur-Beijing flight MH370. While the article was ostensibly about the Chinese people having a good sense…
Why is no one talking about the northern flight path? Just asking. (image by mlei.co.blog) Who says the Chinese don’t have a great sense of humor, even in the face of a minor national tragedy, as seen in the inexplicable, it-just-keeps-getting-weirder disappearance of the the Kuala Lumpur-Beijing flight MH370. I saw this joke in Chinese…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! Pictured above: William R. Brown, 1931-2014. Photo May, 2010, by Jeff J. Brown. Right here, it takes…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: delicious, home cooked, fresh and piping hot food is available everywhere you turn when traveling in China. Here is an open air roadside restaurant on the way from Chengdu…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Tibetan faithful praying and chanting around an altar on the banks of the Namo River, in Langmusi, Sichuan, before going into Fairy Cave, behind, to leave offerings of supplication….
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: the sublime Stalinist architecture of the Beijing Train Station, where it all started. Photo from the book, 44 Days, taken by Steve Evans. Thousands of dollars are…
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