Author: Kendra

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Coronavirus: Part II – Pandemic and Digitization

Xi’an and Beijing I spent the first day of 2021 breathing out contemplative puffs of frost-fog at Ditan Park. The plan was to...

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Abandoning US-China diplomacy: cucumbers and the strength algorithm

Posted from: Beijing, China Couple of days ago, on my way back home, I walked past the old retired couple that live next door to me....

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Life

Coronavirus: Part I – Fear and Community

Posted from: Los Angeles My flight left Beijing – where I’ve lived and worked and studied since the early 2000’s – for DC...

Travel

Slot machines and DPRK dreams: a vacation in North Korea or, where the hell is everybody?

North Korea / DPRK 8:30 a.m., April 5, the Mansudae Grand Monument. North Koreans get the day off to celebrate QingMing Tomb Sweeping...