Shanghai | 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 | May 28, 2014

The national college-entrance exam, known as gaokao, is a life-changing event for Chinese...

by Rick Warner | Apr 30, 2014

Here is my 2014 nomination for Ripley’s Believe It or Not! I was talking to a 20-something...

by Rick Warner | Mar 26, 2014

I just read a very insightful blog post about Zhengzhou, written by a young American who used to...

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 16, 2014

Chairman Mao is showing his age. Lying in an open crystal casket encased in an airtight chamber at...

by Rick Warner | Jan 8, 2014

After three wonderful days in Shanghai, Pat and I flew southwest to Guilin, about 950 miles away...

by Rick Warner | Jan 7, 2014

Our third day in Shanghai featured links to China’s past, present and future. Pat and I visited a...

by Rick Warner | Jan 6, 2014

After roaming around Shanghai on our own for a day, Pat and I began the guided part of our...