2011 “Cha Bu Duo” Fun Run!

Last Saturday, 17 September, was the successfully fun second annual “Cha Bu Duo” 5km, 10km Fun Run! It is Shenyang’s premier running event -  it is the only running event in the city! For Mandarin-challenged readers, cha bu duo is Chinese for “more or less”, or “close enough”. Thirty participants ran a 5km (new this [...]

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Coast to Coast!

The first 90 days of 2011 found me traveling on 47  of them. Traveling in SE Asia – particularly China – ain’t no picnic, in the best conditions. I try to fit in core work whenever I have a chance on a hard tile floor.  The worst is losing  control over my schedule, as well [...]

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The Links

This isn’t about golf, sorry… I’d like to draw your attention to something that I really like about the blog format and that is the “links” section down the right side of the webpage. You won’t get these if you read the posts from your email, but if you have some extra time to read [...]

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China’s Milk Scandal, and then some

It is so painful to watch the Chinese people suffer through yet another huge food scandal. It is also painful to know that the information about the tainted milk was withheld during the “People’s” Olympics to avoid a loss of face and a tainting of China’s image during their golden moment. Golden for who, exactly? [...]

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Burma and China: Disasters in Asia

As I’m sure it has for all of you, I have been crushed with the news of the cyclone that wiped out parts of Burma and the earthquake that shattered parts of China. With relief, I can say that Kunming and Yunnan province in general has not been affected as it lies to the South [...]

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