We took a slow sleeper train to Shanghai instead of one of the lightning fast bullet trains we usually preferred during our China travels. Our sleeper carried us fifteen hours across the country through an evening, a restless night, and an early morning. In the evening, I sat on a small foldout seat across from […]
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In 1974, Chinese farmers in the area of Xi’an were digging a well when one of them unearthed a clay body. Villagers at first believed it to be the Pottery God—but turns out the statue was only one of an estimated 8,000 terra-cotta soldiers, buried in battle formation and charged with the task of guarding
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After Yangshuo County, my brother Chad and I boarded a plane and flew west and north to the city of Chengdu, where our cousin and his family live. Chengdu is known, among other things, for its opera houses and tea houses, its spicy food, its relaxed lifestyle, and its giant pandas. Located on a plain,
I am sorry to those of you who checked my blog during the past couple of weeks to read the promised Chinese travel updates. I had sincere intentions, but my sincere intentions didn’t make it past the sentinels of limited internet, a phone from which it was difficult to post, and the many, many things
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In Guilin on Monday, we tried hot pot. It was delicious. Tuesday in Chengdu, we also had hot pot, and it was even spicier. A Sichuan specialty whose flavor was still more delicious. Maybe China will teach me to eat hot.
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