There is almost zero awareness about dyslexia in mainland China, which leads to great frustration among children, teachers and parents and also means many kids miss out on a proper education. That’s something the Lang Lang school in Beijing is aiming to change. My story.
Entries Tagged as 'Beijing'
Dyslexia in China
March 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · China, Journalism
Tags:Avantage·Avantage Ventures·Beijing·business·charity·China·dyslexia·education·Lang Lang·NGO·society
Nipping jasmine in the bud
February 27th, 2011 · No Comments · China, Middle East
Beijing’s authorities moved to squash any attempt at creating a regular Middle East-inspired protest activity outside McDonalds in Wangfujing today, something that perhaps risks becoming a weekly ruck between the police and the foreign media.
Tags:Beijing·China·Jasmine·Middle East·protest·revolution·Wangfujing
Beijing’s “Jasmine Revolution”
February 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments · China, Middle East, Photography
Beijing’s “Jasmine revolution” – the media and the police showed up, all that was lacking was a mass of Chinese demonstrators. Photos and a description of the event.
Tags:Beijing·China·democracy·Jasmine revolution·Middle East·politics·protest
What a difference a day makes…
October 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · China, Photography
Blue skies a day after the worst air pollution I’ve ever seen.
Tags:Beijing·environment·pollution
Dreams of a natural life
October 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · China, Photography
Photos of the worst air pollution I’ve ever seen in Beijing.
Tags:Beijing·environment·photo·pollution
Festival weekend
May 4th, 2010 · No Comments · China, Photography
Seemingly no spring in Beijing this year, with blowy wintry weather giving way directly to blistering summer days, just in time for the long weekend and two big music festivals – Strawberry, billed as the “Chinese Woodstock”, and Midi, a rockfest. 2.5 hours of queueing for Strawberry – in Tongzhou, a suburb of 675,000 to [...]
Nan Dou Ya Mosque
March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · China, Middle East
Nan Dou Ya Mosque covered with a dusting of snow today
Chinese New Year
February 21st, 2010 · No Comments · China
embedded by Embedded Video Chinese New Year was a week ago but I’ve only just figured out how to upload video. This one isn’t that fascinating but it shows how non-stop the fireworks and noise of explosions was, which was almost the most impressive thing. It just went on and on, like an unstoppable drumbeat. [...]
“Be careful of landslide”
February 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · China
A nice – and increasingly rare – bit of Chinglish in Beijing (on the stairs up to McDs on Gongrentibeilu in Dongsishitiao). Beijing had a serious makeover in 2008 for the Olympic Games that included a purge on erratic but amusing and often poetic or thought-provoking translations from Chinese to English on public signs. The [...]
