故人西辞黄鹤楼
烟花三月下扬州
孤帆远影碧空尽
惟一见长江天际流

"An old friend is leaving in the west from Yellow Crane tower in Yangzhou in a misty, flower-filled third month, his lonely boat travelling further until all traces are lost in the clear blue sky, and all I can see on the horizon of the Chang Jiang (Great River / Yangtze River) is the flow."

--- Li Bai, "Seeing Meng Haoran off at Yellow Crane Tower"

Blog

Some thoughts in English and Chinese, on a range of issues like:

• culture shocks for Chinese visitors to Australia

• biracial identity

• dignity and identity in during global war

• learning Chinese as a non-native speaker

• studying in China (a series for 2026).