Beyond the KTV parlors and neon cocktail lounges, China has a nightlife culture for those looking for something rougher around the edges. When I was living in China when the term diaosi (loser, underdog) was a title taken with pride. It was to be understated, hip, and carefree. Diaosi around…
Category: China
A Conversation with Taiwanese Human Rights Activists Paul & Mary Lin and Hsing-Chung Wang of New School For Democracy
2011 Archive- Posted to celebrate recent Taiwanese elections! On a Saturday evening in Taipei I struck up a conversation with a Taiwanese couple sitting across from me on the long metro ride from the Danshui station. After some small talk in Chinese and introducing myself as an NGO worker in…
Bob the Pedo English Teacher of Chengdu
Here’s an excerpt from my novel Laowhy? On the topic of filth and debauchery, we come to a more unfortunate category of English teachers that plague the continent of Asia. Here we have the 35-60 something balding White men who settle down in a new Asian country after pissing off…