China / Asia / Expats

Features on China, the rest of Asia, and the expatriate experience.

How to see Beijing in three days

8/24/17 - Washington Post

Baby on Board Abroad: New Book Explores Expat Birth Experience

2/11/16 - Wall Street Journal

New Novel Puts Hong Kong Expats Under the Microscope

1/14/16 - Wall Street Journal

Welcoming the Stranger: Expats in Germany Find Role Helping Refugees

1/12/16 - Wall Street Journal

When the Closet Travels with You: For Gay Expats, Life Abroad Brings Challenges

10/11/15 - Wall Street Journal

Expat Post-Nuptial Agreements: Avoiding Marital Problems Overseas

9/22/15 - Wall Street Journal

Repatriation Blues: Expats Struggle With the Dark Side of Coming Home

4/15/15 - Wall Street Journal

Divorce, Global Style: For Expat Marriages, Breaking Up is Harder to Do

3/18/15 - Wall Street Journal

Life With Ayi: On the Relationship Between an Expat and Her Chinese Maid

1/8/15 - Wall Street Journal

How We Smuggled Our Cat into China, and How She Got Home Again

12/10/14 - Wall Street Journal

'Marathon Tourism' in Asia Speeds Up

10/28/14 - CityLab

Treating Fido Like Family in China

10/22/14 - CityLab

China's Terracotta Warriors Come to Life in Beijing 3-D Production

10/21/14 - Wall Street Journal

7 Million People Can Be Wrong: Forbidden City Struggles to Appeal

9/5/14 - Wall Street Journal

For The Brave of Stomach: A Baijiu-Themed Bar Opens in Beijing

8/15/14 - Wall Street Journal

Pollution Mask Couture Makes Debut on Hong Kong Catwalk

7/1/14 - Wall Street Journal

Beijing's Famed Street-Food Scene Struggles to Survive

6/26/14 - CityLab

Designer Kathrin von Rechenberg's 'Tea Silk' Fashion

6/5/14 - Wall Street Journal

Bottoms Up: Beijing Residents Mock Pollution with 'Airpocalypse' IPA

5/5/14 - Wall Street Journal

Celebrating Passover in the Land of Pork

4/11/14 - Wall Street Journal

Li Na Finds It Tough at the Top

12/13/13 - Wall Street Journal

Once a Quaint Custom, China's Bird Markets Threatening Wildlife

12/16/13 - Wall Street Journal

Thanksgiving, as made in China

11/26/13 - Washington Post

China's Monkey King Meets Hip-Hop, Gospel

11/18/13 - Wall Street Journal

Museum Aims to Capture Sights and Sounds of Old Beijing

11/15/13 - Wall Street Journal

Recovering a Submarine's Secret Salvage

All He Needs is a Miracle

11/11/13 - ChinaFile

10/15/13 - Wall Street Journal

Pipe Dreams? Pushing Smoke-Free Weddings in China

7/11/13 - Wall Street Journal

Thoughts on Kim Jong-un, from a North Korean waitress in China

4/10/13 - Quartz

Etiquette Catches On in China, Even in Government

4/8/13 - Wall Street Journal

In Mongolia, an Unexpected Genre Takes Root

3/19/13 - Wall Street Journal

Potty training Chinese style: With a diaper-free child, look for the potted plants

11/23/12 - Christian Science Monitor

Frozen turkey from Utah, canned pumpkin from Mexico: My all-American Thanksgiving in Beijing

11/20/12 - Quartz

How's This for a Mash-Up: Beijing Opera by Way of Broadway

10/1/12 - Wall Street Journal

An amateur in the dragon boat

8/3/12 - Washington Post

A Poet From China's Avant-Garde Looks Back

8/10/12 - Wall Street Journal

An American watches China's Olympics coverage in Beijing

8/10/12 - Washington Post

Expat navigates life and finds camaraderie in China, simple phrase by simple phrase

7/3/12 - Washington Post

Smuggling Smudge

3/22/12 - Washingtonian Magazine

Beijing's Feral Cat Problem Comes Back

2/27/12 - CityLab

China's Great Wall: A beautiful barrier

7/13/11 - Christian Science Monitor