Tag Archives: bloggers

Blog The Recession

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Meg

This cute little piggy is part of Motherhood Uncensored‘s campaign to spread the clicks to blogs we love!  I’ll let her explain her plan for showing the love in August: The premise is simple. If you read blogs, then for … Continue reading →

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One World, One Dream, No Visas

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Meg

I’ve got a new post up at CNReviews about the visa situation and my sadness at leaving China. Edit 7/24: Other bloggers talking about my post. Imagethief James Fallows Luke Gedeon Tweet this!

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Other Bloggers On Visa Changes

Posted on July 13, 2008 by Meg

A post on the awesome OneManBandwidth blog says goodbye to many expat friends, and mentions an unexpected side effect of the inability to get and keep a legit working visa in education: Teachers were affected about a year ago when … Continue reading →

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Official Something Or Other

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Meg

Via Top 100 Female Bloggers | Enkay Blog Welcome to the First Official Top 100 Female Blogger List. I had previously created the Top 50 Female Blogger list which soon grew to a 100. This list is updated as of … Continue reading →

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Alltop China

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Meg

I just discovered that Simpson’s Paradox is listed on AllTop’s China blogs… along with Sinosplice, Imagethief, RConversation, Hao Hao, IfGoGo, CNReviews, OneManBandwidth and a list of other really amazing China blogs. It’s awesome to be listed with the bloggers that … Continue reading →

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ChinesePod!

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Meg

If my stories of frustration have made you yearn for the masochistic joys of studying Chinese, you can get a free ChinesePod account here and try it out for yourself! I opted not to use the “Learn Chinese / It’s … Continue reading →

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On My Soapbox, With Cliches About China

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Meg

If we are to see the Olympics as (good heavens, it hurts to type this) China’s big coming-out party, then China cannot hide behind the “developing country” defense much longer. When the international community pressures China on the environment or … Continue reading →

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Blogs I Read

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Meg

A gaijin, a megook and a laowai walk into a bar… Mutant Frogs is my friend Roy’s blog about Japan, and MantisBot is Garan’s blog about Korean life. Interesting that three of us from my high-school crew ended up in … Continue reading →

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English-Language China Bloggers

Posted on May 6, 2007 by Meg

Humanaught posted the other day on the lack of ladies on English-language China blogs. I think it has something to do with the lack of female expats in China. I read the adventures of Anna Zhan in Taiwan. (I would … Continue reading →

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Fatal Attraction

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Meg

Cory just sent me this story about a Chinese man who spent all of Lunar New Year holiday playing online… and died from it. An obese 26-year-old man in northeastern China died after a “marathon” online gaming session over the … Continue reading →

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