When tracing back the origins of the impetus for me to try hitchhiking in China, the seeds of inspiration had been sown over time. There was my old soccer teammate I encountered in Beijing who hitchhiked through the Gobi desert to Ürümqi – the Uighur capital of Western China. There…
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Mistranslations, Gibberish, and Poetry: The Quirky World of Chinese Signs
More than any other country I’ve visited, China has an abundance of hilarious English translations and all-around bizarre signs. My theory to why China in particular is so affected by this hilarious plight – as opposed to, say, Indonesia, which has generally very accurate English signs – is because: 1….
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Return of the Three Cornered Bread
It’s been three years since I first discovered the simple but fulfilling Shanghai school cafeteria delicacy that is Three-Cornered Bread (三角并). With each additional trip to Shanghai, the legend of the aloof fried dough grew. Empires rose and fell in those three years, but the one constant was the search…
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The Hunt for Three-Cornered Bread: A Shanghai Breakfast Treasure
Three years ago, I studied abroad in Shanghai with the University of Washington business school. This was my first adventure in China, and it proved to be an incredible, formative experience. We stayed in East China Normal University’s (华东师范大学) dorms, and while our classes were taught by UW professors, living…