Lamp post At The End of the Chinese Garden
Coastal Chinese cities are a far cry from Narnia, but I still half-expected Mr. Tumnus to trot by when I spotted this lamp post in...
Kindness of Strangers
Super cheap package tours to China are awesome. I’m an expert at making cheap travel plans. But I’ve taken a package trip to China because...
Waterfront Property
I don’t know what this building across the street from the beach in Qingdao is. Is it a fancy hotel? A fancy mall? A fancy...
Future Site of Qingdao Metro
When my daughter and I were in Qingdao a few years ago, we saw these fences covered with Metro signs everywhere. The advantage of central...
Multi-Use Public Space
Here in America, we have a hard time with sharing, even in public spaces. Americans have an idea of parks as passive recreation spaces, and...