Taierzhuang first came to my attention a few months ago when I spotted an advertisement, in the train station of my hometown Nanjing, promoting it as a tourist destination. The picture strongly resembles the image of those ancient water towns such as Zhouzhuang in Jiangsu province where calm rivers are sandwiched by charming old buildings… Continue reading Tourism with Chinese characteristics, my trip to Taierzhuang, a newly constructed ancient town

If you take a quick look at the popular Chinese microblog Sina Weibo, you’ll notice a lot of anger: “London, we have not offended you. Why do you treat us so badly?”; “China has been wronged. Where is the justice?”; “In 2008, the Chinese people showed such friendliness towards the Olympians and the visitors. Why… Continue reading my op-ed on China and Olympics published in South China Morning Post, 14 Aug. 2012

Having just returned from US, it feels like to have fallen back to the reality. What an incredible trip it was. First of all, to recap what we’ve done. We spent the first few days in DC with an old friend who has just started to work for the World Bank. We much enjoyed the… Continue reading My Impression of US and Its Social Mobility