Livin' In The Chonx

Photojournalist Chua Chin Hon documents five years of change behind the Three Gorges Dam.
FOREWORD: For journalists chasing the China story, capital Beijing and financial hub Shanghai are the obvious staging grounds for tracking the rapid changes in the country and the challenges it faces. The 660-km stretch of river towns and cities behind the Three […]

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Starting tonight (Wednesday the 9th) in the U.S., the Discovery Channel will be airing a special series on the economic growth in China and what it means for the U.S. Most of the filming is done in our favorite city, the Chonx!  Thanks to Dan over at the China Law Blog for […]

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Heeding the call of my grumbling stomach, I wander out the main gate of my campus and down to the noodle shop around 9:30 pm. There it is dinner time for the 老板 (laoban) and his family. A rather large and boisterous three generational affair. They gather around a large table, him, the wife, the […]

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Public transportation is one of my favorite things about living in a big city. Unlike many of the other foreigners here, I rarely miss driving my car. Looking back, driving from one place to the next was often a lonely time, wrought with introspection, and less than happy thoughts. Here, there are […]

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September 17, 2007
Living in Chongqing for two years left me with the impression that I would never want to drive a car again. I often concocted wonderful fallacies about commuting to work on the subway–free to nap, catch up on my reading, or simply spend more time in my head without having to worry […]

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Chongqing smells like cigarettes, exhaust, and peppers. Today was a beautiful sunny day and you could almost make out the blue skies above the smog.
How I missed you!
The moment I climbed down from the airport shuttle I was assaulted by a Bangbang man. Despite how many times I insisted that I did not need his […]

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