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15 Mar 2026
- China
- history
- travel
- wanderlust

Warriors and Walls: Exploring Xi’an.

Warriors and Walls: Exploring Xi’an. May 2010. I arrived in Xi’an by train from Pingyao, the journey gliding by in a smooth, slightly hypnotic two hours and forty-five minutes. It was great, another quiet triumph for China’s high-speed rail. One moment I was watching Shanxi’s muted landscapes flicker past, the next I was stepping out […]

Jia Jia and the Warriors a short story from China

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10 Dec 2023

Jia Jia and the Warriors, a short story from China.

Jia Jia and the Warriors, a short story from China. After a prolonged period of stability, I finally bid farewell to Belgium in the summer of 2009. Uninspired by life in grey, uneventful Brussels, I headed off to China for an unforgettable year of teaching and traveling. —- The slow train from Beijing to Pingyao […]