China 2006

I've found myself completely fascinated by the receipts you get after you pay for dinner here....

A few days ago I got a chance to visit a local high school class (actually called middle schools here). Of course, it turned out it wasn't just...

First thing this morning, the phone rang....

I’m usually an adventurous traveler, particularly when it comes to eating. My family traveled lot when I was a kid and my sister and I were...

CHINESE ETIQUETTE LESSON III: GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF GANBEI... OR "BOTTOMS UP" IN ENGLISH...

As many of my colleagues have described - working on this project has often meant working long hours. During our stay in Shanghai, it meant some of...

There's a saying at Marketplace - "what happens on the overnight, stays on the overnight." The overnight is the shift the producers and hosts of...

So it occurs to me…as we’re wait to check in for our flight to Chongqing…that you might not be aware of who’s here actually helping the show get on...

The other night I was in a cab on the elevated highway that bisects Shanghai. It was the last night of the third and final trip I've made to the...

We've been working 12- and 14-hour days, every day. It's starting to catch up, and I'm occasionally feeling like the mountain climber who forgot to...