In January ’08, we had a nice little conversation about the lack of central heating. I called it The Yellow River Rule because I had heard (and still hear it said) that The Powers That Be provide heating for the country North of the Yellow River.

I was quickly challenged that The Powers That Be provide

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A hickama entrepreneur enjoys a snack.

A merry “trash can bread” vendor pulls baked bread out of the can.

Ye Ye listens to advice during his intense Chinese chess game.

Mahjong players gather to pass the afternoon.

Old Yichang alleyway.

A common winter scene: sausages hanging outside.

In the Yichang hutongs, electric wires hang on a convenient tree branch.

During the summer heat,

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10.25.09

One evening last week, Zhang and I found ourselves sitting at the playground while the kids ran around. Watching Yu and Schäfer play together reminded me of our Lotus Pond Gang days. I turned to Zhang and said, “I miss our little babies. I miss the Lotus Pond. We sat there for hours each day!”

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10.06.09

After meeting up with Jie Jie and her Mom, we headed off to the Children’s Park for a morning of play. Jie Jie had never been to the park before so we spent some time walking around checking out all the rides.

We found an airplane ride that was similar to Schäfer’s favorite Dumbo ride at

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In 1938, during the “War of Japanese Aggression”, Yichang was a primary supply depot for the defending Chinese army. As the Japanese moved up the Yangtze river towards the strategic city of Chongqing, it soon became clear that Yichang needed to be evacuated. During a 40 day period of time in 1938, more than 100,000

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09.26.09
In between the tourism parade and the fireworks, we walked downtown to check out the new Gou Wu Shopping Mall.

Welcome to GouWu! AKA the CBD.

I’m super excited about this Watson’s pharmacy. Watson’s is a gentle combination of Bath & Body works type products and Rite Aid convenience. There’s just enough essential products at a great

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