Shop in Jiangmen, Guangdong, selling paper replicas to burn for the spirit world Last year in Guangzhou during the Qingming Festival,...

Chaozhou and Jieyang, bordering cities in eastern Guangdong province, share much in common. So after recently seeing fresh goat milk for sa...

Rare are the days when The New York Times mentions a "donkey crisis" and "ass glue", but such occurred today. Chris Buc...

Several days ago I spent part of one afternoon in Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei (also known as Huaqiang North) commercial area. According t...

In addition to other topics, I plan a return to some China tech-related themes here. For a starter, I'll share assorted excerpts of fou...

Several recent articles about technology in China have caught my eye. Some I hope to comment on next week, but I suspect I wont make it to ...

Knockoffs of well-known international clothing brands are a far more common sight in China than imitations of well-known international hote...

Last year I shared the story of a young man I me t who would regularly travel from mainland China to Macau to purchase baby formula produce...

In an earlier post I highlighted a Chinese bachelor celebrating his upcoming marriage . Although his red bra was unusual, it was not surpri...

I previously shared this quote of Romney from the second U.S. presidential debate (full transcript here ): We can compete with anyone in ...

The most recent U.S. presidential debate touched on some China-related issues, and I would like to comment on at least one of them. No, t...

Andrew Sullivan recently shared several pieces about shark fin sales covering topics ranging from the dispute over its ban in California t...

During my several trips to Guangzhou in Guangdong province I have visited a number of large buildings full of small wholesale stores. The i...

[UPDATE at end] Reader Justaguy left the following comment on my post about the large number of "fake" Apple stores in China: &...

During my visit to the top of Guia Hill in Macau I met someone new: We met while we were both exploring historic Guia Fort. He lives ...

In the previous post about my trip from Guangzhou to Zhuhai I mentioned that I needed to wait an additional 30 minutes to catch a train. T...

A "real" Apple Store in Shanghai Last July, an American living in China wrote on her blog, BirdAbroad , about a store in Kun...

In recent years, e-books have had a large impact in the mobile domain.  Not only can e-books be read on many mobile devices but they can be ...