I’m doing the Winter B-icicle Challenge
China’s moth-eaten social safety net: Who will catch the poorest of the poor? Not corporations.
China is, without a doubt, on a fast track to ‘development’ with an astonishing US$3.2 trillion in foreign reserves. But inequality, particularly rural and urban, is extreme with an estimated 150 million people living below the United Nations poverty line of less than $US1 a day. China’s growing wealth has resulted in multiple international aid agencies (including Australia’s Agency for International Development) pulling out of China. So who is going to pick up the slack and help support 150 million people living in extreme poverty? Read More…
A trip to Inner Mongolia with Operation Smile
My twitter feed is often filled with harrowing stories about war, famine, corruption and other catastrophes, you name it and it’s there. So I want to contribute an unashamedly feel good story about a great organisation, Operations Smile, that works around the world giving kidlets a better start to life.
The Green in 戴贝琦 (Bei Bei)
‘The Green in…‘ Is a series of interviews with people who are nurturing green ideas within their daily lives, without giving up their day jobs.
The Green in Itee Soni & FINCH
‘The Green in…‘ Is a series of interviews with people who are nurturing green ideas within their daily lives, without giving up their day jobs.
The Green in Joanne Sharkey
‘The Green in…‘ Is a series of interviews with people who are nurturing green ideas within their daily lives, without giving up their day jobs.
The Green in Natasia Kawi
‘The Green in…‘ Is a series of interviews with people who are nurturing green ideas within their daily lives, without giving up their day jobs.
Cycling in China – an embodiment of culture
You can learn a lot about Chinese culture by jumping on your bike and navigating your way around the quagmire of traffic in any Chinese city. It can be scary and frustrating as a laowai (foreigner), but so is living here if you don’t know the rules.
The culture of collectivism – living in Beijing
There is nothing like a bit of cultural emmersion to drive home exactly how diverse cultures can be. Recently I have been living with a Chinese family in Beijing. I want to share a few experiences that have reiterated just how important it is to understand cultural difference, or as commonly phrased, cultural intelligence. Read More…
Work in Progress – HandsOn Shanghai
This week’s WIP (Work in Progress) is inspired by China’s bitterly cold winter. I am currently in Beijing for a month doing an intensive Chinese course and it is FREEZING.
