Category Archives: Zhengzhou

Each evening I walk for an hour or two, and some­times one of the stu­dents tags along. This is won­der­ful, since she can bring mean­ing to the blur of Chi­nese street life around us. Yes­ter­day, she point­ed out a tragedy … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

The Chi­nese Post Office con­tin­ues to excel. We’ve had scraps before. This was the out­fit that wouldn’t let me send Christ­mas cards in dif­fer­ent sized envelopes, or send copies of my the­sis to an Aus­tralian uni­ver­si­ty in any box but … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Zhengzhou has been under heavy attack for sev­er­al days, appar­ent­ly to chase out accu­mu­lat­ed dev­ils. These aren’t minor explo­sions, though I have been dodg­ing small boys for a cou­ple of weeks. The streets are cleared of the usu­al surg­ing crowds … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

This city of Zhengzhou is show­ing me new faces at every turn. There are vast pres­tige com­plex­es and broad tree lined avenues along­side scenes that come straight from Hogarth’s Eng­land. As the sea­sons change you can move from balmy autumn … Con­tin­ue read­ing →