Blog Author - Jerry Chan

Lunar Lessons: 10 Things You Didn’t Know about the Mid-Autumn Festival
There’s more to Mid-Autumn Festival than a long weekend and random boxes of semi-edible mooncakes.
A Beginner's Guide to Lao Beijing Dishes and Snacks
Beijing cai may not considered the most refined of Chinese cuisines, but it does have its highlights of down-home goodness.
Terra Forma: Karst Hills, Silver Caves and River Cruises Down in Yangshuo
Yangshuo is dusty, hot and humid this time of year. It's also teeming with tourists.
Want to Know Where Beijing's Major Polluters Are? Find Out with this App
The air outside may have reverted back to its usual levels of opacity, but at least the information about who, exactly, is responsible for emitting...
Going Underground: National Library, Lines 4 and 9
Selling PointBedecked with frescoes paying literary homage to the Chinese classics housed in its namesake National Library, this...
Big Acts in Big China: Q&A with DongDong Music Conference Panelist Robb Spitzer
American Robb Spitzer has been making waves in China's live music scene for over a decade....
The temperature may be dropping but Beijing's music scene is heating in November with the Dong Dong Music...
Agenda: Sucking Smog Out of the Sky (and a few other crazy ideas)
Desperate times call for crazy measures, and this idea sounds so crazy it just might work. Dutch designer...
Chinese-Foreigner Dating: One Woman's Perspective
Jocelyn Eikenburg hails from Ohio and met her Chinese husband in Hangzhou. For the past few...