China

Normally, environmentalists would praise a major automaker’s introduction of a 50 MPG car....

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...

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...

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...

O.K. So how would YOU go about finding a Reincarnated Lama in China?...