Chengdu | Rick Warner Blog

So Long to Cheap Rubs, Squat Toilets, Dirty Air

by Rick Warner | Jun 17, 2014

Cruising 35,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean on my flight home to the U.S., I’m thinking of all the...

by Rick Warner | Mar 24, 2014

Michelle Obama is taking some heat over her family’s weeklong visit to China. While I think most...

by Rick Warner | Feb 21, 2014

I fell in love with pandas when Pat and I visited Chengdu’s Giant Panda Research Base, so it was...

by Rick Warner | Feb 2, 2014

The current issue of The New Yorker has an interesting article on the growing popularity in China...

by Rick Warner | Jan 13, 2014

When Pat and I walked into our hotel room in Chengdu, the first thing we noticed was the stuffed...

by Rick Warner | Jan 12, 2014

While searching for new experiences abroad, spontaneity usually trumps planning. Pat and I were...

by Rick Warner | Dec 18, 2013

I saw my first Chinese snowflakes today. We got a brief dusting in Zhengzhou this morning that...

by Rick Warner | Dec 5, 2013

Though I’ve been too busy to get homesick, I’m looking forward to my upcoming sojourn in New...