What can you fit in two hours waiting for a train? How about a tussle with a little old man and his mule?
My story began when a Chinese lady came up to me and asked if I would like to audition for a Heineken commercial.
China's opening-up policy has done wonders for the economy and is now transforming the Middle Kingdom into a world super power.
Ten years ago, I visited Hong Kong for the first time. I was on my way home from New York and was dressed like a typical "boy in the 'hood".
Living nearby a high school, which owns a super-loud speaker, is torture for a night owl like me.
Some of our officials just are pouring out so much love for children that it is becoming unbearable.
It is the natural hope of such men that the Queen of Flowers - the highest ranked beauty - would come over.
In English-speaking countries, there is a saying that the Chinese use the same word for "crisis" as they use for "opportunity".
Suddenly a friend shook my screen: "It's said you are patronized by two rich ladies!"
Although alcohol is one of the universal social lubricants of dining culture around the world, I've found that how it is used in China is very different to how it is used in my Australian homeland.
If you've got it, flaunt it. In China, "it" more often than not refers to wealth.
I had just finished coughing up a lung on the sideline of a baking indoor Beijing basketball court when the smell of cigarette smoke wafted into my nostrils
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