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Singular They is Really Okay

So, there’s this sort of new phenomenon among the Zygotes (Generation Z), mainly in the US, about gender-neutral third-person pronouns. I...

Suifenhe - End of the Line

Suifenhe, China is in the southeastern part of Heilongjiang Province along the border with Russia. It’s also the end of the line for the...

A Smoking Room in Harbin

My two favorite things in the world are coffee and cigars. I like my coffee strong and black - no milk, no sugar, no flavorings, just...

Unit 731 - Man's Inhumanity to Man!

We've long heard or read about man's inhumanity to man, how humans can treat each other in a manner that is, well, inhuman. During the...

Mohe, China's Northernmost City

Nestled deep within the Greater Khingan Mountain range among deciduous forests, Mohe is China’s “Arctic” region, though it is several...

Jiagedaqi-Tahe: Quaint Mountain Towns

Surrounded by mountains of the Greater Khingan Mountain Range, and reminiscent of West Virginia (a mountainous state in the eastern...

Fuyuan - China's Easternmost City

Not to be confused with the city by the same name in China's Yunnan Province in southwest China, this Fuyuan is located in Heilongjiang...

Charming Qing'an

Qing'an (pronounced CHING-AN) is a county located within the prefecture level city of Suihua in Heilongjiang Province, China. By train,...

A Place for Prescriptivism

Note: I've updated this a bit since I first wrote it in August 2018. A lot of linguists and language teachers seem to practice what I...

Hop on Over to Heihe

Heihe (approximately pronounced hey-her) is a small city on the Heilong River (or, for Russians, Amur River) across from Russia in...

Dalliance in Dalian

Dalian is a city on the southern coast of China's Liaoning Province. It played a significant role in the Russo-Japanese War around the...

Definitely Dandong

Dandong is a city in China's Liaoning Province on the river that borders North Korea. I went there for the May Day holiday. You can read...

Learning Language to Communicate

This is taken from material I recently prepared for some Chinese high school teachers of English undergoing continuing education. The...

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