It’s fairly common around Kashgar to see Uyghur guys of all ages get their head shaved. No, it doesn’t mean they’ve joined the local chapter of Skinheads; no, it doesn’t mean they’ve joined the local Buddhist monastery; no, it doesn’t mean they’re trying to eliminate lice; no, it doesn’t mean they’re getting ready to try […]
The other day one of my expat friends, who lives in another building on campus, answered a knock on his door. It was the lady who is responsible for keeping tabs on the foreigners who live in his stairwell.
Now, I need to digress here a bit, to explain about this concept. Many places where […]
I was out recently in a different part of town, and I ran across a very interesting sign…
Now I don’t know about you, but when I first saw this sign, it raised all kinds of questions in my mind. Is this a statement about the effectiveness of their medicines - that they’ll work sooner or […]
I remember a while ago when a friend of mine told me that it was possible to give a whole speech in Chinese using only set phrases. It happened this past week when I went to our school’s graduation ceremony. I’ve heard plenty of speeches given by education officials, all of which have been replete […]
