June 2011 - Ryan McLaughlin

Attn: parents of mixed Chinese kids

From the Global Times: The city’s Exit-Entry Administration Bureau on Monday strongly advised parents of biracial infants born in China with Chinese nationalities to make sure their paperwork is in order before arriving at local airports, after some 100 families have been prohibited from taking their infant children out of the country this year. Mixed …

June 28, 2011

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Way better than a tie

Casey’s been teetering on toddling for a couple months now, but only just this week did he find his legs and really go for it — and let me say, watching my son walk is a hell of a Father’s Day gift.

June 19, 2011

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Learning about the Li – Hainan’s largest minority

ChinaTravel.net has an excellent, and cleverly titled, regular feature called “Minority Report” in which the Ctrip-sponsored blog explores China’s numerous non-Han peoples. In the most recent edition, Minority Report: China’s betel nut-chewin’ islanders, the Li people of Hainan, Sascha talks about Hainan’s large Li minority population and their long history on the island. From the …

June 8, 2011

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How do you say August Rush in Chinese?

I’ll let the video speak for itself: For anyone who doesn’t know what August Rush is, check this out.

June 2, 2011

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