As I’ll be starring in the upcoming Hong Kong premiere of ‘Silent Sky’, I explain why myself and the team thought that it was so important to bring the Lauren Gunderson play to the city.
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10 Reasons the UN Shouldn’t Engage in Clickbait: Number 4 Will Make You Say “What Am I Reading?”
The Secretary-General HATES me…
I can't believe this one piece of #FakeNews tricked EVERYONE!
Fake News catches us all out from time to time...even me, if you can believe that.
From Russia With Love, In China With Pain
Shanghai SIPG manager, Andre Villas-Boas, is having de-ja-vu after China announced new rules limiting the number of foreign players allowed per team.
Diego may Costa lotta Chinese money, but where exactly is he going?
Diego Costa could be the latest football superstar to accept a lucrative contract to move to the Chinese Super League, but the news reports aren't telling the whole story...literally.
Chinese Humor in the Face of Crazy Weather
Shanghai can't decide if it should be winter or not...which gave me the time to write up this short post about an image going around Chinese social media in recent weeks making light of our unpredictable weather.
Westworld Makes Me Remember That I Don't Want to Remember
I go super-meta and write a blog about a radio show about a podcast about a TV show. Along the way, I talk Westworld fan theories, YouTube fan channels, and how the whole thing made me remember an episode of Black Mirror about remembering.
4 of the Most Viral Election Memes Debunked
After a week of finding myself explaining to people that things they were sending me on Facebook were completely untrue, I picked out my four favorite fake election memes to have a casual look at, and make a (not-so) bold prediction about the next one.
The Curious Case of the Missing Milk in Starbucks China
What happened to the milk in Starbucks China? Your friendly neighborhood blogger investigates…
The (Short) Tale of My Blurry WeChat Photo
What is up with WeChat’s new feature, ‘Blurry Photo’? I try it out so you don’t have to.
Do not use our restroom!
Restaurants in Shanghai guard their bathrooms extremely carefully…
Good luck collecting your stuff!
‘Collection point’ becomes a parking space
Larger pockets deemed necessary for Chinese users of the iPhone 6 Plus
When your phone necessitates new pockets.
Does this logo look familiar?
Man Utd should really get on this.
A Series of Unfortunate Events, or How China is a Great Place to Have Your Time Wasted
How Chinese bureaucracy turns a five-minute task into a whole afternoon.
Please use the toilet civilization
When toilets have their own civilization.
Strictly supervised beer
Japanese company Suntory on top of their beer production in China.
Hey man, I am ladyboy
Chinese people posting random crap in English.
The British town in Shanghai
The strange London-themed town in the suburbs of China’s most famous city.
Peking, Duck!
The Simpsons predicts it again?