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What 16 Years in China Taught Me About People, Not Culture

After 16 years in China, I’ve learned one very important lesson: stop trying to figure out all the cultural ins and outs because — spoiler…

Sep 22

What 16 Years in China Taught Me About People, Not Culture

Sep 22

Planning A Summer Break From China

I love my little family. I have a small circle of friends and a comfortable apartment, but I do feel bothered being “the foreigner” all the…

Apr 23, 2022

Planning A Summer Break From China

Apr 23, 2022

Foreigner — A Word I’m Called Dozens of Times a Week

I was called a foreigner 9 times Today. I’ve lived in China for 15 years, so it’s nothing new, but having a three year old daughter who…

Apr 6, 2021

The odd duck

Apr 6, 2021

What A Decade Without Traditional Thanksgiving Taught Me

How to get by when you can’t have the holiday you want

Nov 20, 2020

What A Decade Without Traditional Thanksgiving Taught Me

Nov 20, 2020

Extreme Measures in China When ONLY 1 New “Local” Case of COVID-19 is Found

How COVID-19 is being eradicated in China

Nov 12, 2020

Extreme Measures in China When ONLY 1 New “Local” Case of COVID-19 is Found

Nov 12, 2020

What We Did When Hoarding Started in China

In late January/early February when it became clear that we were all going on lockdown here in China there was low supply of everything…

Mar 16, 2020

What We Did When Hoarding Started in China

Mar 16, 2020

Call It Extreme, But What Chinese People Have Done To Control Coronavirus Has Worked

Let me tell you what we’ve been doing in China to get the virus under control. I’m an American who has lived here for 13 years and we…

Mar 15, 2020

Call It Extreme, But What Chinese People Have Done To Control Coronavirus Has Worked

Mar 15, 2020

How I’ve Survived 7 Weeks At Home In China To Beat the COVID-19— And You Can Too

I’m an American who lives in China and has basically been locked up at home with my husband and two year old for the last 7 weeks. China…

Mar 14, 2020

How I’ve Survived 7 Weeks At Home In China To Beat the COVID-19— And You Can Too

Mar 14, 2020

My Husband Booked an Airbnb on the Most Dangerous Street in Canada

We drove down an alley where people were shooting up at three in the afternoon. A woman was crouched down with a needle sticking out of…

Jan 6, 2020

My Husband Booked an Airbnb on the Most Dangerous Street in Canada

Jan 6, 2020

Mixed Blood Baby — What People Call My Daughter in China

When I walk alone with my 2 year old daughter on the street, people will often call her 小老外 (Xiao Lao Wai) meaning “Little Foreigner” in…

Dec 7, 2019

Mixed Blood Baby — What People Call My Daughter in China

Dec 7, 2019

Morgan Gallup

Morgan Gallup

I’m an American who has lived in Nanjing, China for 15 years. I grew up on a tree farm in Michigan and now live in a Chinese mega-city. Who would have guessed?

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