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Coal Hill Review

April

From China Pride to China Cry

March

When Will Plastic Ban Be In Effect Across the Pond?

Good Egg, Bad Egg, or No Egg?

Trash Bin: Our Everyday Necessity

January

Why So Fast? Slow Fashion Is Trendier

Changing Landscape

Let Me Be Your Reminder

A Tour at a Fancy Design Center

The Year For Sane Doers

August

Trust Building: Turning Crisis Into Opportunity

June

Keep Cool And Stay Cool

May

Parting Ways For A Sustainable Retreat (Part 6 of 6)

April

Parting Ways For A Sustainable Retreat (Part 5 of 6)

Parting Ways For A Sustainable Retreat (Part 4 of 6)

Parting Ways For A Sustainable Retreat (Part 3 of 6)

Parting Ways For A Sustainable Retreat (Part 2 of 6)

March

Parting Ways For A Sustainable Retreat (Part 1 of 6)

December

Countdown to 2022: Seventeen Goals in Eight Years

Monkey See, Monkey Do (Part II)

Monkey See, Monkey Do (Part I)

November

A Simple Thank You!

October

COP15 Series: Behave And Act Responsibly To Be A BETTER HUMAN

COP15 Series: China Leadership in Sustainability

COP15 Series: A 450-Year Strategic Plan

September

Nice To Meet You, Virtually!

My Awakening From Noble Energy

Me, Not Human?

August

Blue Recovery

More Than A Writer’s Block (Part II)

July

More Than A Writer’s Block (Part I)

My Reflection on Independence Day 2021

June

Living In The Karma of Indian Pharma

The M-shaped Society

TITANIC Or CINATIT?

May

A Hard-Earned Degree

A Forward-Thinking Foodie

From Technostress to Tree Therapy

April

The Nuke Baby

Guangzhou Dreamin’

Is the Experiment Over?

March

The Wealth of Diversity

To The Bereaved

Solutions Journalism

Endless Sky If You Dare to Embrace

February

My Reveries of Black

Dream On

Which Goes Faster: Virus, Vaccine, or Valentinus?

Live Laugh Law

January

The Conundrum of Flying

Why Right-Brainers Will Rule The Future?

2021: Leaving the Comfort Zone

December

The End of the Beginning

Linguicide Alert

Biophilic Rhapsody

My Way or the Highway

We Are Not That Different From What You Think

November

Make the Impossible Possible

Back to Basics

The Migraine of Migration

The Elephant Room

October

China Speed

Water Water Everywhere

Vertical Forest City

Under Your Watch

September

Movie Review: From British Classic to Rwandan Horror

My Afterthought of Junkyard Planet

My Afterthought of No One’s World (Part II)

My Afterthought of No One’s World (Part I)

The Fifth Crisis

August

From Planet Junk to Space Junk

Destitute Nation Within A Wealthy Nation

Ocean Love

You Are Not Alone

July

Let’s Talk About Trust (Part II)

Let’s Talk About Trust (Part I)

Wuhan in Hot Water

Retaliatory Spending Against Darwinian Fitness

June

Reimaging A Crisis

This Masquerade in 2020

Relive the Kennedy Moment

Heading for an Irreversible Future

Where is Justice?

May

The Gaman Syndrome

O Beautiful for Space and Shining Sea

To Track or Not to Track?

My Eureka Moment

April

A Curious TCM Observer

2020: The 50^th Anniversary of Earth Day

The Untedious Easter Discovery

Unintended Rewilding

Data, Battery, and My Smarter-Than-Me Phone

March

The Word of the Year for 2020

My Afterthought of China’s Second Continent (Part II)

My Afterthought of China’s Second Continent (Part I)

On Different Kind of Guns

February

From Silent Spring to Silent Sky

Mother Language Day

Dematerialization: Oh Really?

Movie Review: Weathering With You

January

China’s Big Data with Smaller Human Capital

Wuhan Pneumonia: A Wake-up Call For Information Transparency

Will Dongjiang Water Unite or Divide Hong Kong?

2020: Saving the Endangered Species and Languages

December

My Two Cents on China’s Hukou System

Portuguese Renaissance

Anti-pollution Cosmetics

The SOE Mindset

November

2019 Hong Kong Protests

The Unreason of Verizon

I Voted!

October

Family History

Bask in Nature

A Movie Buff’s Revelation

Finding Aotearoa

High Priced Pork

August

Trying My Patience at a Pop Concert

The US-China Trade War—All Hell Breaks Loose

A Bilingual’s Weal and Woe

Education Affordability

The Old Ebbitt Grill

July

Movie Review: The Farewell

Amazon Prime Day

Modern Grocery Shopping

Fourth of July

June

The First Post

The Last Issue

Crazy English Speaker, DEC 2015 issue

The White House Tour

Crazy English Speaker, NOV 2015 issue

Streaming Media

Crazy English Speaker, OCT 2015 issue

Drinking Age

Crazy English Speaker, SEP 2015 issue

Kiss and Ride

Crazy English Speaker, AUG 2015 issue

Writing a Check

Crazy English Speaker, JUL 2015 issue

Geek Squad

Crazy English Speaker, JUN 2015 issue

Carry-on Bags

Crazy English Speaker, MAY 2015 issue

Vaccination

Crazy English Speaker, APR 2015 issue

Gun Violence

Crazy English Speaker, MAR 2015 issue

USPS

Crazy English Speaker, FEB 2015 issue

Cable TV

Crazy English Speaker, JAN 2015 issue

American Homes

Crazy English Speaker, DEC 2014 issue

DIY Desserts

Crazy English Speaker, NOV 2014 issue

Panda Fever

Crazy English Speaker, OCT 2014 issue

Student Housing

Crazy English Speaker, SEP 2014 issue

Driving

Crazy English Speaker, AUG 2014 issue

Museum Experience

Crazy English Speaker, JUL 2014 issue

Flag Day

Crazy English Speaker, JUN 2014 issue

Graduation Celebration

Crazy English Speaker, MAY 2014 issue

Dental Visit

Crazy English Speaker, APR 2014 issue

Cherry Blossoms

Crazy English Speaker, MAR 2014 issue

Weather Forecast

Crazy English Speaker, FEB 2014 issue

Auto Repair

Crazy English Speaker, JAN 2014 issue

Smoke Free

Crazy English Speaker, DEC 2013 issue

Thanksgiving Feast

Crazy English Speaker, NOV 2013 issue

Application 101

Crazy English Speaker, OCT 2013 issue

People First

Crazy English Speaker, SEP 2013 issue

A Doctor’s Visit

Crazy English Speaker, AUG 2013 issue

Denver Impressions

Crazy English Speaker, JUL 2013 issue

Fund Raising

Crazy English Speaker, JUN 2013 issue

@ American Restaurants

Crazy English Speaker, MAY 2013 issue

A Day in Colonial Time

Crazy English Speaker, MAR 2013 issue

Trivia Nights

Crazy English Speaker, FEB 2013 issue

Rodeo

Crazy English Speaker, JAN 2013 issue

Banking

Crazy English Speaker, NOV 2012 issue

Public Library

Crazy English Speaker, OCT 2012 issue

Potato Chips

Crazy English Speaker, SEP 2012 issue

Baseball Fever

Crazy English Speaker, AUG 2012 issue

The Magic Words

Crazy English Speaker, JUL 2012 issue

To Give or Not to Give?

Crazy English Speaker, JUN 2012 issue

Super Bowl

Crazy English Speaker, MAY 2012 issue

Bike Safety

Crazy English Speaker, APR 2012 issue

Tax Day

Crazy English Speaker, MAR 2012 issue

The Chinese Restaurants in America

Crazy English Speaker, FEB 2012 issue

Steve Jobs

Crazy English Speaker, JAN 2012 issue

Black Friday

Crazy English Speaker, DEC 2011 issue

Bonjour, Montreal

Crazy English Speaker, NOV 2011 issue

Trick or Treat?

Crazy English Speaker, OCT 2011 issue

Back to School

Crazy English Speaker, SEP 2011 issue

It’s All About China

Crazy English Speaker, AUG 2011 issue

The Sign

Crazy English Speaker, JUL 2011 issue

Tipping

Crazy English Speaker, JUN 2011 issue

Big

Crazy English Speaker, MAY 2011 issue

Letter

Crazy English Speaker, APR 2011 issue

Jogging Maniacs

Crazy English Speaker, MAR 2011 issue

American Classroom

Crazy English Speaker, FEB 2011 issue

The Primitive Minority

Crazy English Speaker, JAN 2011 issue

Letter

Crazy English Speaker, DEC 2010 issue

Learning to Drive

Crazy English Speaker, NOV 2010 issue

My First Week in America

Crazy English Speaker, OCT 2010 issue

Opening Letter

Crazy English Speaker, SEP 2010 issue