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Morgan Gallup

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…

4 min readApr 23, 2022

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Planning A Summer Break From China

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Morgan Gallup

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…

5 min readApr 6, 2021

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The odd duck

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Morgan Gallup

What A Decade Without Traditional Thanksgiving Taught Me

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

7 min readNov 20, 2020

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What A Decade Without Traditional Thanksgiving Taught Me

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Morgan Gallup

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

How COVID-19 is being eradicated in China

8 min readNov 12, 2020

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

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Morgan Gallup

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…

2 min readMar 16, 2020

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What We Did When Hoarding Started in China

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Morgan Gallup

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…

3 min readMar 15, 2020

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

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Morgan Gallup

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…

3 min readMar 14, 2020

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

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Morgan Gallup

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…

6 min readJan 6, 2020

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

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Morgan Gallup

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…

4 min readDec 7, 2019

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Mixed Blood Baby — What People Call My Daughter in China

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Morgan Gallup

How To Relax More Deeply With Self-Directed Body Scan Mindfulness Meditation

The meditation that I do most frequently is a body scan. I find that when you first start doing body scans it’s useful to follow a…

5 min readOct 2, 2019

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How To Relax More Deeply With Self-Directed Body Scan Mindfulness Meditation

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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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