http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/ (starring Norty and Terry Wheeler) en-us 2006-08-07T17:34:57+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/08/the_next_road.html I love all the Bing Crosby-Bob Hope "Road" movies -- Road to Morocco, Road to Bali, Road to Utopia, etc.... general now 2006-08-07T17:34:57+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/08/last_days.html Tomorrow (August 8), we will leave China -- for now.... general now 2006-08-07T16:43:39+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/08/hutongs_of_beij.html There are books and photo albums with this title. Although dictionaries define a hutong as a lane or an alley, there really is no exact English equivalent.... trips now 2006-08-01T12:05:45+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/07/thief.html In the recent hit movie "World without Thieves," the Andy Lau character and his girl friend effortlessly steal dozens of cell phones, to a background musical score, as their owners pray in front of a Buddhist temple.... daily life now 2006-07-25T13:41:30+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/07/new_restaurant.html We probably could have used this title during any of the 132 weeks we have lived in Nantong.... daily life now 2006-07-18T13:25:31+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/07/changes.html This is the tenth year of my ten-year plan for changing careers, from business to academia.... work now 2006-07-18T12:17:22+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/05/we_contribute_t_3.html Have you looked at our Photo Gallery, linked to this Weblog? Terry has filled an album ("Say What?") with photos of Chinese signs with English translations that might sound odd to the ears of native English speakers.... daily life now 2006-05-31T14:44:04+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/05/holiday_travel.html My company’s chairman, Jim Kaplan, and machine shop manager, Jeff Weston, were in Nantong the week before this year’s May Day holiday. Jim wants to learn how to travel between cities by himself, and I said I’d teach him. Instead, we all learned some different lessons. (Skip to the end, if you just want the lessons.)... work now 2006-05-09T14:09:04+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/05/dog_bites_man.html In the United States, “Dog Bites Man” isn’t newsworthy. It isn’t in China, either – for Chinese. For me, though, it was another new adventure.... daily life now 2006-05-09T12:29:18+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/04/airport_efficie.html One of our bags didn't arrive at the Shanghai Pudong Airport when we did, but the Airport staff resolved the problem smoothly.... daily life now 2006-04-07T17:07:41+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/04/the_cycle_of_li.html Life (and death) go on in the United States, even while we are in China.... family now 2006-04-07T16:55:07+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/02/guangguang_hank.html Today was my second day in Shanghai's old Hankou District, where 30,000 Jews found refuge during World War II. (See: 1/17/04 entry, "acrobatics, silk, Jewish history.")... recreation now 2006-02-19T17:30:06+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/02/pizza_hut_comes.html Nantong had 2 MacDonalds locations and (I think) 5 KFCs when Terry and I arrived. When a new front was revealed for the totally rennovated Nantong Department Store at the beginning of 2006, we realized that Nantong now also has a Pizza Hut.... daily life now 2006-02-02T10:59:28+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/02/small_blow_agai.html I may have mentioned earlier that a "gang of three" local officials extorted about $800 from my company shortly after I arrived in Nantong at the beginning of 2003.... business now 2006-02-02T10:42:22+08:00 http://nortonwheeler.com/shanghai/archives/2006/01/paint.html Paint is like drinking water in China - that is, something you can't take for granted.... daily life now 2006-01-08T15:00:20+08:00