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The Taxi Corner: Black People, White People, and the Taliban

November 29th, 2009 merrillrose

As a foreigner in China, I am constantly aware of being different. Children ask me why I’m “so white.” My Chinese friends ask me, “what’s wrong with your hair?” (nothing, it’s just curly). I can’t fit into women’s shoes because my feet are too big, and six of my foreign friends overloaded an elevator marked  Read More »

Yunnan Province

March 8th, 2007 Mark and Jan

Yunnan Province KUNMING (capital city of 4 million people) Yes we’ve arrived safely in China, and so far going very well. We left Hanoi last Friday morning, walked about 1km to the Vietnam Airlines bus in the city – we were novelty viewing for most of the locals, to observe two “old” westerners with white  Read More »