February 22, 2012

About

Slow and steady wins the race

Big plans for Thoughts on China

I have been “studying” the Chinese language and culture from my friends, books and two visits there for about five years now. I have a very unconventional view of China, for an American, at least. There is so much misunderstanding that is fostered by the government and press (yes, I mean the US Government and media), that the average person who only knows as much as these outlets tell them is extremely misinformed. I don’t claim to have great knowledge or wisdom, but I do have some perspective that I would like to share that you may find intriguing or unexpected. If I give you pause to question your own views of China, the US and our relationship, then I will have been successful.

Fleshing this out will take some time…

Note: This is a boilerplate I’m putting on all my sites…

I have been thinking about a network of sites for quite a while now. I finally decided to make each site a separate WordPress site. That way, I can keep the styles separately (looking similar, but different), the content relevent to the particular site (rather than all my eclectic interests thrown into one place), etc. This weekend, I created several of the sites and am in the process of adding some content and styling each of them.

This process will take quite a while, since I am very busy at work, at grad school, teaching English, being Area Governor of Toastmasters, learning Tai Chi and playing ping pong. Oh, yeah, and sleeping and eating, too! So, I anticipate this will be a slow process, but having the sites up and running with themes that can be modified is a huge start. Now, whenever I have time, I can create content and put it up. By next year, things should be moving along here.