Scan me

I’m writing this post from a former NATO air force base near Rome – academic conferences tend to coincidentally be held at pleasant places. Because of this conference, my first stint in Beijing only lasted 5 days. I’ll be back for the next two months once this conference is over. Because of the short period…

Both in and not

First, some background. This is a blog about my summer internship at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center at Beijing. Obviously, it’s going to be about a lot more than just my work. As a Hong Kong-er, everything about Mainland China is clouded by a shroud that is a healthy mixture of (sometimes warranted) resentment and (sometimes unfounded)…