A few weeks ago, those of us based at UCI had the pleasure of hearing author Michael Meyer talk about his new book, The Last Days of Old Beijing. Accompanied by the evocative photos of Mark Leong, Meyer described his experience living in the ancient... ...full story at China Beat
from China Beat on Thu, Oct 30 2008
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| 31 May 08 |
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Michael Meyer living in his Dazhalan Beijing hutong »
YouTube video British Television ( Paul Merton ) visits Michael Meyer in his classroom and courtyard home in Beijing. He speaks to the subject of his up-coming book, "The Last Days of Old Beijing". ( this is a replacement for previous video with poor audio! ) |
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A big thanks to author Michael Meyer » Granite Studio Michael Meyer, author of one of my favorite books about Beijing, was kind enough to spend some time on Sunday night talking with the students in my program. You could tell he’s given this talk a few times, and it was funny, polished, an... |
| 03 Jul 08 |
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Ice hockey and the last days of old Beijing » Danwei People's winter sports Long time China resident Michael Meyer spent the last few years living in a small hutong house near Dashalan'r, south of Tiananmen Square. He taught English at the local school, and became friends with many of the residents of one... |
| 14 Aug 08 |
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The Hutong and a review of Michael Meyer, The Last Days of Old Beijing » Granite Studio This month YJ and I moved from a monstrous soul-sucking xiaoqu near Guijie to a quiet little pingfang off one of the Dongsi hutongs. Never has moving two kilometers meant such a radical change in quality of life. Note the phrase ‘quality of lifeR... |
| 18 Apr 09 |
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Advances and Advance Notice » China Beat We were delighted to come across a piece by Friend of the Blog Michael Meyer (called "About That Book Advance...") in last week's New York Times Sunday Book Review section. We figured, based on the author's track record as a writer (and the insightfulness... |
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French Reporter Eric Meyer on TouteLaChine.com » Today in China Eric MEYER has been in China for 20 years. Last week, he answered the questions from TouteLaChine.com in an exclusive interview. The article is in French but you might try the Google Translation if you don’t speak French. Reminder: Eric MEYER works... |
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