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On Wednesday, I announced that I was leaving Changsha for good. Can you guess where I’m headed? L to R: Panda at the Zoo, Tiananmen, the Bird’s Nest, Temple of Heaven, Drum Tower, Lama Temple As you probably figured out, I’m heading back to Beijing. Come September, I’ll be a student once again, this time [...]
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Tonight, I’ll leave Changsha for the last time — at least until I return to visit. After two years teaching at Hunan University, I’m moving on to my next adventure. I’m excited for where I’m heading, but of course I’ll also miss Changsha. In addition to friends, both Chinese and American, I’ll miss: Lushan Nanlu: [...]
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Fenghuang’s old town wall glows a warm pink when it is bathed in the evening sun. All day long, tourists meander its length, admiring the small carvings that adorn the roofs above. I find its structure a little confusing — were the houses on the other side of the wall once not a part of [...]
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I’m in the middle of packing up my apartment in Changsha, and I’ve realized a few things about stuff. Namely — and this is a shocking conclusion, I know — we have too much of it. At least, I do. I spent much of Saturday going from our fourth-floor apartment down to the dumpster with [...]
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In December, a new Chinese rail line claimed the title of fastest train in the world — and it just so happens to run right through Changsha, where I live. So when a work conference was scheduled for Guangzhou, the southern terminus for the line, it was the perfect excuse to test out the new [...]
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On the advice of a Chinese friend, a friend and I headed out to the Hunan Provincial Botanical Garden last Saturday to check out the spring flowers. Two crowded bus rides later, we were deposited at the garden, far in Changsha’s southern end. On this sunny, warm and clear-skied day, the Botanical Garden was not [...]
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In China, food is a serious affair, and one that is best enjoyed with as many people as possible. In the States, if you show up to a restaurant with a party of 12 and no reservation, you’re likely to set the staff into a frenzy of table-rearranging — and that’s if you’re not turned [...]
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After two months on the road, even two weeks at home in Changsha was too much for some of us. So we hit the road this weekend for a quick daylong pilgrimage to Shaoshan, the birthplace of Mao Zedong. The town generally gets mediocre reviews, which is why it took me two years to get [...]
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The main street where I live in Changsha is ordinarily bustling with restaurants of every (Chinese) description. For lunch every day, we choose between Lanzhou noodles, Sichuan dishes, Dongbei dumplings and countless other variations of Chinese food. I’ve never had to worry about where to find my next meal — until this week! When I [...]
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