After a month away from all forms of social media- and the internet, generally- I’m finally crawling back into the game with a changed perspective and a better handle on time management. Prior to this hiatus, I was clocking approximately thirty hours a week composing blog entries, posting news items on Twitter, leaving messages on [...]

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Commentary blogging, internet, journalism, literature, reflection, social media, unplugging

Nearly a year ago, I launched this blog as a way to organize some of my thoughts on the US-China relationship in an effort to find clarity on issues that I’d started to consider while living in China and during graduate school in New York City. I did not expect more than a few readers to drop by, nor [...]

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Commentary, Interviews blogging, china, Interviews, readers, US-China relations

This morning while waiting for a pot of coffee to brew, I went through my usual Twitter ritual which entails reviewing all the latest China-focused news links and retweeting those that I find interesting or useful. Over the past few months, this exercise has become my daily routine, replacing the hour I used to spend [...]

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Commentary blogging, china, diplomacy, journalism, Media, Nicholas Kristof, Tweet, Twitter