Category: Blog
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Lockdown hitting close to “home”
If I’ve been non-chalant about the current lockdown occurring around China, I’ll be getting a little more suspicious. Why? In case you aren’t following the news, the city of WuHan, in central China, has been locked down because of an outbreak of the Coronavirus, an infectious and deadly disease that has so far claimed the…
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Depends on how you look at the numbers
There is no shortage of people doubting the numbers that China is publishing in regard to the Coronarivus. It’s almost as if they have taken it upon themselves to cast doubt no matter what number is printed. “The numbers should be higher!” They scream. Well, maybe they are but it may also be that every…
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A slight change of plans
And so it turns out, as you probably could’ve guessed, that my flights to Japan have been cancelled and, as a result, there is no other really easy way to get there so, in essence, my trip to Japan has been cancelled. Why? Well, as you can see, the numbers in all categories have gone…
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What else could I do?
There seems to be no shortage of panic emerging from social media regarding the current outbreak of the Coronavirus here in China. As a result of the spread of this virus (current confirmed count is 14,568) my work has been cancelled for the month of February and, in my estimation, won’t probably recommence until sometim…
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An Update on My Chinese Studies – January 2020
Despite the current hubbub around the coronavirus and the international panic it’s causing, I’m still finding time to study my Chinese. I mean, what else am I suppose to do? As you can see, I’ve managed to put in quite a bit of contact time with the language, around 67.5 hours in the month of…