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Jo
Interests: photography, biking, traveling, exploring, reading chinese history.
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Outside-in has moved to a new location. Please visit joannpittman.com. Same name. Same content. Different location. Continue reading
Posted Jun 29, 2012 at Outside In
In the next few days, this blog will be moving, so I will not put anymore posts up until the new site is ready and I can tell you where to find it. This has been a great place to... Continue reading
Posted Jun 14, 2012 at Outside In
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A big story in the news in China this week was a yellow haze that enveloped the central city of Wuhan. A couple of netizens went online and suggested that it was the result of a chlorine leak, which stirred... Continue reading
Posted Jun 13, 2012 at Outside In
That's hysterical!
Toggle Commented Jun 13, 2012 on Becoming Normal at Outside In
Living cross-cultural living means living with a nearly constant barrage of surprises. Particularly for those of us who have been abroad for a long time, it’s easy to fool ourselves into thinking that we’ve got the place figured out, that... Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2012 at Outside In
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Raise your hand if.... A. you feel like a square foreign peg trying to fit into a round Chinese hole; B. you think that this is all it takes to live well where you don't belong! (image source: allpostersimages.com) Continue reading
Posted Jun 8, 2012 at Outside In
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During the Cultural Revolution, Zhu Xiao-mei, a budding pianist at the Beijing Music Conservatory was sent (along with some of her classmates) to a labor camp near Zhangjiakou, a small city about 100 miles northwest of Beijing. She would remain... Continue reading
Posted Jun 5, 2012 at Outside In
Good to be reminded that personality is a factor as well. Living cross-culturally is a full-time job!
Toggle Commented Jun 5, 2012 on I'm Off to Fix Something at Outside In
Actually, I think there's a typo that needs fixing, but I decided to just leave it to make my point!
Toggle Commented Jun 5, 2012 on I'm Off to Fix Something at Outside In
Hope so. Have a great summer.
Toggle Commented Jun 5, 2012 on I'm Off to Fix Something at Outside In
I certainly hope she smiles.
Toggle Commented Jun 5, 2012 on I'm Off to Fix Something at Outside In
Yes, it's true for all of life.
Toggle Commented Jun 5, 2012 on I'm Off to Fix Something at Outside In
Yes, I'm in Beijing. Been my home for 14 years. Glad you enjoyed the article.
Toggle Commented Jun 5, 2012 on I'm Off to Fix Something at Outside In
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This is for all my tea-drinking friends ... Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2012 at Outside In
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I took a stroll this afternoon through the migrant village between my house and the office. The announcement that the village was to be razed went up a little over a month ago, and now the village is slowly being... Continue reading
Posted Jun 2, 2012 at Outside In
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As Amy and I slipped quietly into the church pew at the old St. Paul's Church in Qingdao (now known simply as Guanxiang Road Church) one of the ushers spotted us, smiled, and came over to where we sat. "Aren't... Continue reading
Posted Jun 1, 2012 at Outside In
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Yesterday morning I rode my bike to the office, which was a good thing because the street in front of the school where the office is located was a parking lot. A big bus and a big truck were face... Continue reading
Posted May 31, 2012 at Outside In
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One of my favorite traditional Chinese p... Continue reading
Posted May 29, 2012 at Outside In
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We worshipped this morning in a Romanesque style church that was designed by a Russian; built in a Chinese city under Japanese occupation; and has a bell that was cast in Germany in 1883. How did a bell made in... Continue reading
Posted May 27, 2012 at Outside In
You may think that my interest in Chinese church bells is waning. If so, you are mistaken I'm heading out again this weekend with a friend to check out some church bells in the coastal city of Qingdao. There are... Continue reading
Posted May 24, 2012 at Outside In
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Yesterday I went out for lunch with some... Continue reading
Posted May 24, 2012 at Outside In
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Last month I played host to a group of new and old friends who came to Beijing for a week of activities to help my mom celebrate her 85th birthday. We had more fun than should be allowed running around... Continue reading
Posted May 23, 2012 at Outside In
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Our favorite neighborhood restaurant will soon fall to the wrecking ball as the area is demolished to make way for something that the local government has decided is better than a migrant village. The owners recently brought their uncle in... Continue reading
Posted May 20, 2012 at Outside In
This week has seen an outburst of anti-foreign ranting on the internet in China. Recent events seem to have formed a "perfect storm" for this kind of thing: China and the Philippines are in a spat over an island in... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2012 at Outside In
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I have lately been going through old articles and essays that I wrote before the advent of blogging, and thought it would be fun to revive them (well, at least some of them) by posting them here. The essay below... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2012 at Outside In