Xinhua News Network, the offical news outlet for China’s government, announced late last night that one offical has been fired for his role in the forced abortion of Feng Jianmei’s 7-month old fetus. However, the article is contradictory in its explanation as to what lead up to that horrible event. The article states that “there Read More
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If you thought the forced abortion of a 7 month old fetus couldn't get any worse…
Then you should read this article posted over at Beijing Cream. Apparently, for the crime of speaking out about what she endured, Feng Jianmei and her husband have been labeled traitors and have been subject of attacks by their own neighbors. Absolutely tragic and disgusting.
Suicide in China – Divorce Lowers Risk
Last month, when my friend Jasmine’s apartment was broken into while she was home sleeping, she became a mental wreck. She was terrified and unable to sleep. Even when she left town to stay in the safety of a friend’s house, she was still unable to sleep. I asked her if she needed some sleeping Read More
Mmmm…fresh baked goodness…
We have made it our Thursday morning routine to go to Bach’s Bakery. Bach’s Bakery is owned by a lovely German couple. They came to China to work with the deaf community (so not only are they fluent in Chinese, they are fluent in CSL!) and the husband decided to focus more on running a Read More
I think hell just froze over – China apologizes for forced abortion
It is an unfortunate fact of history that most change is born out of great tragedy. It was only after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911 that killed 146 young women were fire safety codes issues that prevented any future factory disasters from ever occurring in America again. It was only after the Titanic sank that Read More
Adventures in furniture shopping
Found this amazing couch while furniture shopping today. It just sings to me.
What? They have that there? Democracy in China
I have made it a habit of reading the Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report every day. It is based on Hong Kong with feet on the ground in mainland so their reporting is about as accurate as you can get. I highly reccommend it to anyone living in China or abroad to know Read More
12 Girls Band in Changsha!
I know I’ve been pretty good about posting news and events from around China this last month, but I’ve been slacking in posting anything about us personally. Mainly this is just because I have been so busy! As I mentioned before, I’m now working full-time for R2 and we are moving to a new apartment. Read More
Ugly Foreigners: Really Train Guy? Really?!?!
The last thing foreigners in China need right now is more foreigners behaving badly. I wish I had this guy’s name. I guess we wil just have to call him “douche-bag train guy.” Have a look. This guy is just so out of line there is no explaining it away. I’m not going to take Read More
Propaganda, poisionous fruit, and a conspiracy theory
I’m not big on conspiracy theories. I usually roll my eyes and plug my ears when people start going on about…whatever. As a writer and someone who teaches college writing, I like facts and evidence; something conspiriacy theorists usually just don’t have. But it appears that the China propaganda machine has been in over-drive this Read More