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Pedaling to Shangri-La

“What would possess you to do such a thing?”

This is a question Claire and I get from Americans when they hear of our tandem bicycle travels in third-world countries and our perseverance in spite of difficult conditions. Of… Read the rest

Chi Newman’s Kitchen Talk

Editor’s Note: Chi Newman is a frequent contributor to Just One Opinion. She is our expert on all things Asian, especially Chinese food and culture, because she was born and raised there. Chi wrote this article for her

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Our “New Bohemians” are heading home

Bob and Claire Rogers are on their way home from their extended and very exciting trip to China and most of Southeast Asia. They’ll be traveling back to Tucson on Christmas Day.

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“Same Same” (but different)

A knock off, a fake, a facsimile. Piracy in Vietnam floods the streets like monsoon rains. Street vendors of old Saigon sling armloads of poor representations of original art, music, movies and books.

Wrapped in plastic as carefully as… Read the rest

The Secret War Lives On

Flowers of opening cluster bombs grayed the blue skies of north central Laos, raining fear and death. For nine years during the Second Indochina War, the bombs fell. Their targets: Viet Cong hiding in Laos, along with other people,… Read the rest

Shangri-la exists!

If you haven’t yet checked in on Bob and Claire Rogers and their trip across China and southeast Asia, please take a moment and click on one of the links in the sidebar and go check out their progress.… Read the rest

Return to Taiwan, Island in the Sun

Editor’s Note: As Bob and Claire Rogers continue their amazing cycling trip, our attention has been focused on all things “Asian.” Chi Newman offered to let us publish this adaptation of her article that describes her recent trip

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On the road to Shangri-La

James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon described a mystical, harmonious semi-paradise, gently guided by ageless Tibetan monks from a lamasery situated high above a peaceful valley enclosed within the western end of the Kunlun Mountains.

This wonderous place… Read the rest

Who are the Uyghurs?

Editor’s Note: Events of recent weeks in far western China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region, prompted this submission from someone who has been there, and who must – for now – remain anonymous.

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Urumqi, Xinjiang is a fascinating… Read the rest

Enjoying Chinese Food and Hospitality

In China when somebody says, “Thank you,” (Hsieh, Hsieh) the answer is, “Bu Yao Keh Chi,” which means, “Don’t put on the air of a guest.”

As a child, I remember my parents always giving or going to dinner… Read the rest

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