Earlier this week, I published a piece on the solar water heater market in China for CNNGo. This story had me traveling to Wuzhen, one of the water villages outside of Shanghai, to cover the contrasting shades of green in China: sustainable technology and environmental degradation. While peeping through the alleyways behind the touristy lanes …
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English Classes for Sex Workers in Bangkok
For the past month, I had been fussing over an old story about SWING, a volunteer organization that offers a variety of counseling services and English lessons to sex workers of every gender in Bangkok. And after a bit of cleanup and some calls to Thailand, I churned out a story for CNNGo, CNN's Asia-travel …
Ducking out of Disney English
When I first came to Shanghai last year the freeze of winter was just settling in. I remember I was pressing on through the wind in the French Concession one day when I came across a Disney English school. Disney had apparently set up shop in '08 to break into China's market through education; yet, …
How to Croak the Frog Trade
If it tastes good, why not eat it? This seems to be the question bouncing around the minds of those in search of wild frogs in Shanghai’s wet markets. Illicit sales of these controlled amphibians are quietly done under the veil of early dawn much to the delight of purchasers’ palates. The underground trade currently …
A Digital Path to Enlightenment
The following piece was originally published with Global Times under Chris Russell and is reposted here for archiving purposes. --- The ChinaJoy Expo, an annual video game exhibition known for legions of animatedly dressed women, is normally a haven for gaming/comic enthusiasts, but it recently welcomed a much different crowd – an order of Buddhist …
Justin Calderón 