Chengdu’s New Pedestrian Overpasses
Looking down over Chengdu’s roadscape is no longer a luxury reserved for tenants of high-rise apartments. Now anyone on foot can enjoy a view of the street from Chengdu’s brand new pedestrian overpass system.
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Chengdu’s Eclectic Art & Antique Market
Chengdu’s antique bazaar reveals a society of starving artists and hucksters, antique buffs and collectors, scam artists and thieves and the occasional wandering nomad carving Tang poems onto Myanmar jadeite. This is a site not to miss in Chengdu.
Bad News Blades
After being busted for match-fixing, it was confirmed today by the Chinese Football Association that Chengdu’s local team, The Blades, will be ejected from China’s premier league.
After enduring years of crushing disappointment, Chinese football fans are used to it.
Sipping Tea with Fu Qiang
“Fu” is an old friend and old school Chengdu local – somewhere north of 40 years old, and an encyclopedia of avant garde Chinese music and traditional Sichuan customs. He’s recently relocated his business, an art and music shop, to the Yulin neighborhood in Chengdu.
Giving Birth in Chengdu: A New Life
Just as the first barrage of New year fireworks echoed throughout Chengdu, The Notations transitioned into David Ruffin’s Heaven Help Us on iTunes and I watched my newborn son heave a sigh of relief and squirm a bit deeper into his swaddling. This post is about the birth of my first child in Chengdu.
Giving Birth in Chengdu: The Cesarean Conspiracy
A recent report published by the World Health Organization draws attention to the fact that the number of c-sections performed in China is skyrocketing. Why is this? I take a look as my wife prepares to give birth to our own child.