Archive for August, 2008

August 18, 2008

On the limitations of English in Xinjiang

China, August 2008 As a native English speaker, I don’t think I have ever experienced complete linguistic isolation. Regardless of where I have been, I have almost always been able to find someone who could speak at least a little English. But that was before I visited China’s Xinjiang Uyghur …Read the Rest

Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province: In the wake of the earthquake
August 6, 2008

Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province: In the wake of the earthquake

Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province. Saturday August 2, 2008 According to Mr. Jiang, my taxi driver, Dujiangyan was not the city worst …Read the Rest