Beijing is a dry place, as dry as Melbourne where I grew up. Both cities struggle to supply sufficient water to their inhabitants. Now, in Kyushu southern Japan, the atmosphere comprises small pockets of moist air fitted between grape sized raindrops.
Showering at the gym, which is done seated at a low apparatus, there is a [...]
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Sino-Japanese relations have undergone a significant thawing of late and have certainly improved since recent incidents. I am in Japan on business and something that has struck me since landing is the disparity between ‘foreigner’ (non-Japanese) and local reaction to my explaining that I live in China.
Foreigners are generally impressed, largely (and, yes, I am [...]
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Listen up! France is a villain! And this isn’t about freedom fries. They hate people in wheelchairs. Wheelchairs! Oh, you thought Japan was the evil enemy? Well, I guess you haven’t been reading the newspapers or watching the news. Japan is China’s great friend!
The odd storyline that has emerged in recent weeks and months is [...]
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