PiA: Thomas Talhelm
MY SO-CALLED BEIJING LIFE:我所谓的北京生活
psychology.language.culture.(mis)communication
Archives
2010.09.11:
Unhappy China
2010.04.08:
BP: Before Polo?
2010.03.26:
Ruined Life Now on Display in
China Daily
2009.10.31:
Get Into my Africa
2009.10.14:
The Marco Polo Effect
2009.09.21:
Get Out of My China Fantasy
2009.09.19:
Hessler Issues Apology
2009.09.10:
How My Blog Entry Ruined Peter Hessler's Google Life
2009.09.10:
Update: Left the Building
2009.08.06:
Why Michael Jackson's Bigger in China
2009.08.04:
Ritualized Drinking Kills Cadres
2009.07.31:
China Reinvents the Toilet
2009.07.30:
The Unbearable Lightness of Leaving China
2009.07.29:
Popped Collars and Other Chinese Inventions
2009.07.24:
Proving Beijing is New York (Again)
2009.07.23:
See Spot Run: China's Simple Confusion
2009.07.20:
The Cutest Character Ever
2009.07.18:
In Defense of Zhonglish
2009.07.16:
Hearing The Call: A Mystery Made for Half of the Chinese Population
2009.07.15:
Hearing The Call: A Mystery Made for Half of the Chinese Population
2009.07.13:
Monkeys and China's Service Economy
2009.07.10:
Life and (Near) Death on the Beijing Subway
2009.07.08:
Traditional Beliefs and Market Prices
2009.07.07:
Unwanted Characters
(A Mystery in Four Parts)
2009.07.02:
Why it's actually faster to type in Chinese (and how it may make you a pervert)
2009.06.29:
China: Matriarchal Society?
2009.06.25:
Found in Translation (Part II)
2009.06.22:
Gender Roles in the Middle Kingdom
2009.06.18:
流氓网:Creep Net
2009.06.16:
Found in Translation (Part I)
2009.06.14:
One Reason why 1.6 Billion People are so Skinny
2009.06.12:
How a Chinese Character Shows a Nation at Change
2009.06.07:
The Mystery of Chinese Medicine and Moonwalking
2009.06.05:
Chinese on China: Dragons or Insects?
2009.05.24:
Business card-related attack in Beijing
2009.05.22:
Is this picture offensive?
2009.05.14:
The Upside to an Economic Downturn
2009.05.11:
English: Worldwide Graffiti Language
2009.05.06:
Baby Poet Sighted on a Public Bus in Rural China
2009.05.04:
The East is Red
2009.04.26:
Why my Name Means "Condom"
2009.04.19:
The Traditional Superstitions of Car Tires
2009.04.16:
My Chinese Culture Skills Offend Abroad
2009.04.13:
Insomniac Logic on a Chinese Sleeper Train
2009.04.06:
When the CCP Said I Was Cute
2009.04.04:
Chinese Students Turn to Net Friends over Parents:
Heart Problems with the Youth in Asia
2009.03.28:
Post-Olympic Pirate Hunting
2009.03.23:
The Unspeakable Magic of Beijing
2009.03.18:
China: The Land of the Free
2009.03.15:
Encounters with Chinese Celebrities, Personally Identified
2009.03.12:
China's Ancient Cell Phone Rock
2009.03.09:
How Peter Hessler Ruined My China Life
2009.03.04:
The Unluckiest Phone Number in China
2009.02.26:
Where do characters for abstract ideas come from?
2009.02.24:
The Art of Smashing Chinese Pumpkins
2009.02.22:
Urinal Etiquette in Asia
2009.02.18:
Where do characters for abstract ideas come from?
2009.02.07:
Culture is...
2009.02.06:
Culture is...
2009.01.31:
Bodily harm, Chinese New Year, and the smell of sulfur in the morning
2009.01.30:
Where do characters for abstract ideas come from?
2009.01.27:
Strange Advertising in Middle China
2009.01.18:
The Upside to an Economic Downturn
2009.01.15:
A Clever Clue Concerning Communication Consternation
2009.01.14:
Communication Breakdown in the Mists of Yellow Mountain
2009.01.02:
Preferred Foreign Pricing
2008.12.18:
When the Police Enforce Grammar
2008.12.05:
My Tea Habits and Creating a Third Culture
2008.12.01:
My Northern Exposure
2008.11.28:
More Questions that Aren't Questions
2008.11.26:
Turning Chinese
2008.11.16:
My New Favorite Chinese Character
2008.11.14:
Farting and My New Favorite Ancient Chinese Passage
2008.11.12:
A Flavorful New Home
2008.11.09:
Discourses on Western Naming Practices at the Local Bank
2008.11.08:
An Idiot's Guide to Making a Chinese Spelling Error (and spreading terror in the process)
2008.11.06:
Why Beijing is New York City
2008.11.01:
Lesson in Essay
2008.10.26:
I Trip and Fall; You're Embarrassed
2008.10.17:
Scary New Asian Diseases
2008.10.16:
The China Poop-out
2008.10.11:
Strawberry Foreigners
2008.10.07:
My least favorite word
2008.10.05:
Low Expectations and the Bottom of the Barrel
2008.09.30:
When a question's not a question
2008.09.28:
Breaking the Modernization-Sexiness Inverse Curve
2008.09.25:
Hungry? Not in so many words
2008.09.18:
Is this character difficult: 嚏？
2008.09.15:
The Cheap Trick Phenomenon
2008.09.03:
A Country Bumpkin in Taiwan
2008.08.28:
Medalling in Imperialist Couch-Sitting
2008.08.25:
Reading Gets me in Trouble Again
2008.08.21:
Reading a Banned Book and Getting Yelled at in Malaysia
2008.08.07:
Why bad dictionaries mean better vocabularies
2008.07.30:
My Hong Kong Diet, and other Observations on Life in Hong Kong
2008.07.29:
Q: Why did the newspaper go to print?
2008.07.24:
Q: Why did the car cross the road?
2008.07.21:
Lost in Translation (And I Don't Mean Language)
2008.07.20:
Engbetan
2008.07.06:
Unwanted Characters
(A Mystery in Four Parts)
2008.07.02:
Dating Bill Gates: Final Exam Time
2008.06.28:
Why My Student Ain't Know how to Get to School
2008.06.24:
Heroic Pigs and Running Teachers: Earthquake Heroes and Villains
2008.06.22:
Fire Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Possibility of Disaster
2008.06.18:
Opinion Intelligence
2008.06.16:
And Your Little Dog Too
2008.06.05:
Bathroom Adventures in Small-Town Hunan
2008.05.29:
Our Washing Machine Goes Kaput, Among Other Oddities
2008.05.24:
My English, Among Other Strengths
2008.05.16:
Sex and Business at China's Largest Trade Fair
2008.05.16:
The Murder and Subesquent Intrigue of the Ferryboat Driver
2008.05.05:
Contradictions and Playgrounds
2008.05.02:
Everybody's Xinku (or else)
2008.04.29:
What Troubles The Chinese Mind: A Sign of Problems To Come
2008.04.23:
An Offer You Cannot Make
2008.04.13:
The Loudspeakers That Cared
2008.04.07:
Of Course It's Fake: Catching Rye In China
2008.03.21:
The Chinese Skyscraper Village
2008.03.19:
Why Rap and China Go Together
2008.03.18:
The Beauty of Chinese Silence
2008.03.02:
My Opium War at the Post Office
2008.02.29:
Enflatterment
2008.02.24:
When Silence Becomes As Soft As A Pillow
2008.02.19:
I like everything about Chinese culture!
2008.02.12:
Dinosuars and Imported Words
2008.02.07:
The Rose-Tinted Glasses of Chinese Education
2007.12.28:
Chinese Indirectness and My Free Pimple Progress Reports
2007.12.27:
My Old Friend: Kuai Di
2007.12.21:
Behind on the Same Track or On One All Its Own?
2007.12.17:
The Blacklisting at the Hands of the East Water Delivery Company
2007.12.11:
Why I Was Absent for the "Teacher Sports Meeting"
2007.12.09:
I Like How You're So Standard
2007.12.07:
Part 1: My School and Smalltown 1950's America
2007.12.07:
Part 2: The Mid-Autumn Rebellion
2007.11.26:
The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
2007.11.23:
Other People Love You
2007.11.23:
There Is No Why
2007.11.21:
Put Your Emotions into Rocks
2007.11.15:
China: Fantasy Dreamland for Foreigners
2007.11.09:
When a Spade's not a Spade
2007.10.29:
Why China Doesn't Have Amish People
2007.10.29:
My Standing Date with Confucius
2007.10.27:
Can I Trouble You to Read This?
2007.10.23:
Life, Life, or Life?
2007.10.15:
When Mr. Bean Hit Me on His Bike
2007.10.11:
Beer or Wine: It's Not That Simple
2007.09.24:
Pearls of Miscommunication
2007.09.18:
What my Cell Phone Says About Chinese Culture
2007.09.13:
You Can't Imagine How Popular You Are
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