Producer, writer, mentor -- 24yrs in China now based in SE Asia. Author @ChinaSimplified book series.
Joined January 2012
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Once upon a time, a human belittled another human who spoke broken English, until the first human discovered English was the second human's third or fourth language, and then the first human felt rather stupid and decided to shut the f*** up.
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#Humanity #English #languages
I was just thinking how much fun it would be to hear #christopherwalken read Queen’s #bohemianrhapsody @QueenWillRock
To explore beliefs and challenge assumptions.
To share love and open minds.
To overcome barriers and experience bliss.
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#WritingAchievement
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Next #ChineseNewYear forget the red packs, just give me Dorian Gray’s belly—I eat whatever I want and he gets fat.
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Did the planets finally align? Both our books are now available in print, digital + audiobook! Click here bit.ly/CS-books to get em. We also launch this week in #Shanghai with 上海译文出版社. #Audible #china #chinese #history #language #languagelearning #culture
Less time, more efficiency, greater progress. Hard to argue with that.
Time boxing Chinese: Get more done in less time: xitter.cf/HackingChinese/status/… hackingchinese.com/timeboxin…
Good advice on refining your #mandarin language learning approach from @HackingChinese hackingchinese.com/should-yo…
Good to maintain a sense of humor when learning #Chinese Well done John and Jared... @sinosplice
#CHICAGO area friends! Drop that #tradewar gloom/doom and join me for a fun talk on USA-#China business and cross-cultural relations in the coming decade. Weds 8/21 6pm at
@lfbooks resv rec'd. lakeforestbookstore.com
Worth reflecting first on our own mistakes as a nation before we criticize others @AP #history #censorship apnews.com/1c3d1b8d106f41c6b…
Congrats to Michelle and the M team for another amazing Shanghai Literary Festival @litfestshanghai @MontheBund m-restaurantgroup.com/litfes…
Check out the @ChinaSimplified Language Empowerment book review on @HackingChinese plus my interview with Olle. #Chinese #mandarin #language
New review: Language Empowerment: Demystify Chinese culture and fire up your Mandarin + interview with the author (@ChinaSimplified): hackingchinese.com/review-la… #learnchinese
Meditation as a software upgrade for your brain and inoculation against digital overload @fmanjoo @NYTimes #meditation nyti.ms/2H1N0Zz?smid=nytcore…
"The hardest thing about living in China" by @sinosplice
I could not agree more. #China
It sounds like a new twist on #Orwell or #BlackMirror though some in #China welcome the added surveillance due to their accrued personal advantage. HT @allsetlearning
China's new social credit experiment could expand by 2020 and has left some linking the program to that of a Black Mirror-like type. buff.ly/2PWEmQ3
Good article on the benefits of translating from your native #language into #Chinese hackingchinese.com/using-tra…