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Olympic Green

Date: 2008-04-29 ; Tags: Beijing 2008 Olympics

I did it. I found the 2008 Olympic Green. And let me tell you, it was no small accomplishment. It was late August 2006 and, the Games being 2 years away at that time, the site was still under major construction. Actually, the entire city was under major construction. They were renovating bus routes, building new subway lines (one or two that go directly to the Olympic Green itself), in

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The Real Greatest City on Earth

Date: 2008-04-28 ; Tags: Hong Kong

I am writing from a 13th floor, archaic high-rise hostel. It's hot and the door is ajar, opening out onto a small balcony housing the washing and the garbage, allowing the distant traffic, pounding construction, and life sounds of the city to float in. The room walls are lined in blue tile and the bed is hard, with grubby old blankets for pillows and coverings. Two ancient, dirty fans are

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Tea Blooming

Date: 2008-04-21 ; Tags: Chinese Tea

It's tea-time in Anji, the small town on the northern borders of Zhejiang Province that I have called home for the past year. White tea blooms roughly three weeks of the year, which makes this time of spring a little crazy around these parts. Vendors pop up in small shops everywhere, trying to peddle the first harvest of tea. Locals frequent markets to buy up the best picks of

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