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April 2006

Xi'An Dispatch: Warrin' Terra

A visit to the Terra Cotta Army of Xi'AnRead on...

Beijing Dispatch: She's Even Cuter In Kelvin Klein Briefs

Is it still copyright infringement if you get the name of the company wrong?Read on...

Beijing Dispatch: Where The Party Never Stops

If Shanghai is the New York of China, Beijing is its Washington, DC - right down to the very visible police and military presence, the manicured and well-planned streets and the official buildings. There's a lot more Mao here.Read on...

China Dispatch: Using the Squat Toilet

Rule One: Exhaust all other possibilities.Read on...

China Dispatch: You Dim Sum, You Lose Some

I can deal with goose head, duck tongue, chicken stomach and pig's ears - but the typical Chinese menu is like an episode of Fear Factor without the chance to win anything other than irritable bowel syndrome.Read on...

Shanghai Dispatch: Dove Reaches Out To China's Heavy Gals

What's fat in Asia?Read on...

Shanghai Dispatch: Effects of Overpopulation, #1

What to expect when your population reaches 1.3 billion.Read on...

Shanghai Dispatch: Shanghai Surprise

Anything is fair game. While I'm willing to be adventurous (jellyfish) I'm not willing to be too adventurous (goose stomach). The bad news for dog lovers is that man's best friend finds himself on the menu. The good news is they're more of a winter thing, so you still have some time to play with your pet.Read on...

Shanghai Dispatch: Cabbing Fever

Bicycles give pedestrians wind-burn only to by cut off by scooters weaving through cars jamming their brakes in front of buses being overtaken by taxis.Read on...

And Mao For Something Completely Different

Wherein we go very East.Read on...

Sky Mall: For The Shameless Traveler

For the savvy traveler who doesn't care what people think.Read on...

Maximum Freshness

Going out of our way for the star of one of history's campiest commercials.Read on...



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