First, let’s talk about how I was attacked from above by parachuting wine advertisers while I was cutting class to promote Virgin soda…

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Ni hao from Chengdu, the quite pretty tree-lined capital of Sichuan. I’m studying Mandarin starting on Monday at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. There’s a lot to learn, but I should be fluent in a few days 🙂

Since I have a tendency to drone on and on in emails, I’ll share some initial impressions Chinese style — in numbered outline form:

(1) It’s really smoggy here. You can never see Continue reading →