Reports that Putin wanted to confer with shamans in Mongolia for their mystic guidance is putting out Baron Ungern vibes @BeijingPalmer
https://t.co/K7zYPA0zIz
I guess one could say I started my research into this topic all those years ago when I lived in a #MongolGer for two years in the province of Uvurkhangai. Winter was cold and internet was spotty, but I'm glad to have had experienced this way of life.
Traditional tents imported from rural life have become a cheap and easy source of housing for many in Mongolia’s fast-growing capital. Now the city wants to phase them out.
Generally I've found living in places I've not grown up, it's actually better not to play arm chair anthropologists and leave things things as different and just weird to me. These stories are kind of a marriage of the worst of those impulses.
Have the Japanese forgotten how to smile? There's an insatiable demand for stories that feed the strangest narratives about the country, says @GearoidReidy https://t.co/p4oVGEXLQq via @opinion
Plenty of strange things happen in Tokyo — just as they do elsewhere. But next time you read a story that sounds too odd to be true, it probably is. A reduction in the demand for “weird Japan” content would truly be something to smile about. -@GearoidReidy https://t.co/SC9zLBrn7j
WATCH: China’s Premier Li Qiang warns against global fragmentation in his opening address to the World Economic Forum in Tianjin.
Li blasted western efforts to remove China from supply chains: https://t.co/Ot51smt6gv
Old Timers who remember a favorite drinking hole in Ulaanbaatar, Dave's Place, can say goodbye to Dave Western at Revolution (Seoul Street) on Wednesday
Old Timers who remember a favorite drinking hole in Ulaanbaatar, Dave's Place, can say goodbye to Dave Western at Revolution (Seoul Street) on Wednesday
@BeijingPalmer I thought people were being too precious about a favorite author, but it's a genuinely cruel piece. Clearly there's something that resonates with people, but the author was not interested in exploring what that might be.
The disdain for his fans is also uncalled for.