If You Won’t Go into the Tiger’s Lair, How Can You Catch The Cubs? HAN DYNASTY PROVERB, 202 B.C. - A.D. 220: “NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING GAINED.” As I wait for my connecting flight beneath the towering canopy of Dubai International Airport I welcome you to my Beijing blog, “He Who Dares”. Accompanied by an overpriced bottle of imported beer and the back of my boarding pass, I begin what I hope will be an honest and entertaining account of my pathway to China. Throughout the past six months family and friends have raised ques [View Full Entry]

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A Journey of a Thousand Li Begins from Under One’s Feet. LAO-ZI: THE TAO AND ITS VIRTUE C. SIXTH CENTURY B.C. “Do not sneeze, cough or form any bodily gesture that may alert the swine flu police”, I warned myself upon entering China. Striding past equally dreary traveller’s en route to swine flu screening and customs I gave my nose one final blow, those aroun [View Full Entry]

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