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Critique of Everyday Life In China
Daddy, let’s go to the circus tonight
Time: Last Monday evening Location: My house Characters: Aliya and Aliya's dad, "Aliya, what do you want to do tonight?" "Daddy, let's go to the circus tonight." What the hell is a circus. I didn't tell her about the circus... -
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SONGZHUANG LIFE: With an Epidemic On the Horizon, Would Babycaring Together Be a Good Idea?
This article was published on Financial Times Chinese website In the middle of March, spring in the north is not yet firmly established, but my daughter's online classes at home have become the norm. Daughter is now in the ... -
Critique of Everyday Life In China
Songzhuang Life: If you are isolated at home, please dance with your children
This article was published on Financial Times Chinese website Every day I brush up on videos related to Shanghai. Before that it was anxiety-oriented. There weren't enough ambulances, mothers and children were separated, refrigerators we... -
Tokyo&Beijing Essays
How Scientific are Japanese Feudal Superstitions
This article was published on Financial Times Chinese website At the foot of Mt. Takao, there are several posters advertising hiking routes and the mountain's red foliage. The mountain, which is only a few hundred meters above s... -
Tokyo&Beijing Essays
So what if we have a Doraemon? It’s not like science is all there is!
This article was published on Financial Times Chinese website My daughter's nickname is Tinkerbell, named by my wife, from the Japanese comic strip Tinkerbell Cat. Over the years, I never figured out what to call this comic... -
Tokyo&Beijing Essays
Purpose of Taking My Daughter to Study In Tokyo
This article was published on Financial Times Chinese website It took about an hour and a half yesterday to deal with my daughter's emotions. The cause was simple: my wife brought my daughter's homework from her Japanese tutorial ... -
Tokyo&Beijing Essays
Private University Waseda
This article was published on Financial Times Chinese website A month ago, I listened to a one-day academic seminar commemorating the 50th anniversary of Sino-Japanese relations at Okuma Lecture Hall of Waseda University. Then I was ... -
Tokyo&Beijing Essays
I like to buy used goods in Japan
In Japan, second-hand stores do not keep a low profile at all, as they join other brands in grabbing the most prominent advertising space at station exits. Chain second-hand stores can often be found on the most popular shopping streets.... -
Tokyo&Beijing Essays
I’d like to open a Songzhuang branch in Nasu.
This article was published on Financial Times Chinese website Getting on the Shinkansen and heading out of Tokyo, the view immediately opens up. The mountains are far away and the plains are near. As winter is still young, most of the ve... -
Tokyo&Beijing Essays
Intro-Basement Jazz Bar in Tokyo
This article was published on Financial Times Chinese website Mature basement jazz bars should probably look like this at Intro. The heavy stainless steel door, suspected to have been moved from the back of the kitchen, opens to the wai...