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The Queen of Versailles
My definition of a good movie is – do I wake up thinking about it the next morning? According to this criterion, Queen of Versailles is one of the best movies ever made because I can’t get it out of … Continue reading
Tough Yoga
The line between success and failure can be fine, but once we trip over it, we cannot always raise ourselves to the other side. I knew an evening class would be grueling, but I thought it doable. I had been … Continue reading
Fly China
On a short trip to China – I was gone just a week – the proportion of time on a plane is great, but it is as revealing a place to find cultural differences as anywhere. There are no boarding … Continue reading
US and China – Going Green
The United States is going green, albeit in fits and starts, with modest increases in automobile fuel efficiency, a smattering of wind power, and a shrugging acceptance of electric cars. Conservation is not a word that falls easily off the … Continue reading
Posted in China, United States
Tagged China, climate, climate change, emissions standards, fracking, Green, Nanjing, pollution, United States
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China in the Rear View Mirror
It is not possible for an American to visit China without contemplating the politics of the place. I am here only a few days, to prepare and present a proposal to design a new hospital in Nanjing. Still I have … Continue reading
Posted in China
Tagged bullet train, China, Communist Party, Nanjing, Shanghai, United States
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Chinese Laundry
I am a prudent guy; okay frugal. Actually, some people call me cheap, but they are just folks who do not appreciate ascetic satisfactions. Regardless where I rest near the bottom of the proliferate scale, I am out of my … Continue reading
What was I Doing in China?
There are moments in life when the essential character of a place reveals itself with such force that it burns into your mind forever. It is not that the place exceeds expectations so much as it meets expectations with overwhelming … Continue reading
Posted in China
Tagged Architecture, China, CTA, interviews, Nanjing, Nanjing Hilton, Zaha Hadid
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Hong Kong Heights
Everything in Hong Kong is tall and narrow. Except, of course, the people. Hong Kong calls itself the vertical city, more people live above the fourteenth floor than below, an odd statistic given that buildings do not have fourteenth floors … Continue reading
Over the Top
Even after all these years I am a kid on a plane. I clamor for the window seat and poke my face to the window during takeoff and landing. Every time I am awed by the immensity of our earth; … Continue reading
Posted in China
Tagged Arctic, Arctic Ocena, China, climate change, Global warming, Greenland, Hong Kong, Siberia
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Four Days After
Four days after the eight year old boy Who came to watch his dad run a very long race Was killed And his sister lost her limb Chaos is our companion. Spring is ripe. Daffodils thick … Continue reading
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