2013

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What began initially as leftover tidbits of research written-up for another persons book about China, momentarily morphed into a newsletter

[Note: below is the foreword from Great Wall of Numbers] “Grey,” Goethe tells us, “is all theory, and green the

[Note: below is the introduction from Great Wall of Numbers] It has become increasingly difficult to separate hyperbole and exaggeration

[Note: below are the acknowledgements from Great Wall of Numbers] I would like to thank my colleagues at the American

[Note: below is Chapter 3 from Great Wall of Numbers] There is a famous proverb in Chinese called min yi

[Note: below is Chapter 4 from Great Wall of Numbers] What I should have done when I first flew into

[Note: below is Chapter 6 from Great Wall of Numbers] In October 2011 I had a bad bout with food

[Note: below is Chapter 7 from Great Wall of Numbers] When I was teaching at a college in Bengbu, Anhui

[Note: below is Chapter 8 from Great Wall of Numbers] In 2011 I was teaching at a college in Zhongshan,

[Note: below is Chapter 10 from Great Wall of Numbers] I have been more or less fortunate not to have

[Note: below is Chapter 11 from Great Wall of Numbers] As I mentioned in Chapter 3, an estimated 82 million

[Note: below is Chapter 12 from Great Wall of Numbers] Unlike Chatroulette, parachute pants and cabbage patch dolls, social media

[Note: below is Chapter 13 from Great Wall of Numbers] At the various schools, colleges and organizations I have worked

[Note: below is Chapter 14 from Great Wall of Numbers] According to the Ministry of Culture, China has now become

[Note: below is Chapter 16 from Great Wall of Numbers] My own experiences with Western fast-food establishments overseas can be