AMY IN BEIJING

August 11th I am sitting at the airport. It is currently 8:37pm, my flight takes off in a little over two hours, and I am listening to...

农村 directly translates to rural area, countryside, or village. To me, though, 农村 is a strange place between home and foreign land. The 农村...

July 28th My Chinese host family has a daughter, also a rising sophomore, who goes to Peking University (北大). This is a big deal. Only...

Late at night, my friends and I find 安慰 in going to office hours. Initially, office hours was a place for questions and quiet work. Now,...

July 5th Typically when I think of Chinese food, I imagine a huge table with a glass spin pan that is packed with all different dishes....

We’ve just completed week three of HBA. Time is going by really fast. This week I kind of want to write about home. During the...

Saturday April 22th Last summer, my father and I stayed in Beijing for three days. It was mid-August, the hottest time of the year in...

Thursday April 13th It has officially been a week since HBA began! A lot has happened. Looking back at my last post, I now realize just...

Thursday April 6th - Hello from 10,000 meters in the air! I’m currently about an hour away from landing in Beijing, which means I’ve been...