Oct 1 was China’s National Day (guo qing jie) and for 2009, China chose to showcase its armed forces in their full glory at Tian’anmen Square, culminating in the unveiling of its “giant nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles.”
The camouflage nuclear missiles, riding on 18 launch vehicles, rumbled past Tian’anmen Square and were reviewed by Chinese leaders [...]

We just got back from the private Taiwanese-owned hospital and got our first impression of maternity services in China. As this is one of the better hospitals so I can only leave the rest to imagination.
With my friend’s help, I called up the English-speaking nurses (hu xi) and made my appointment. Hubby and I took [...]

While I brace myself for the upcoming check-up at the maternity hospital, I vividly recall the pre-kindergarten health check-up we brought Lucas for.
Before a child enters kindergarten in China, they need to go for a full medical check-up. Foreign children who have attended daycare or kindergarten in their home countries before coming to China are [...]

With ANOTHER post like that, I’m seriously puzzled as to whether it’s the the travel, China, the season or a toddler’s life? Can you believe that we spent a whole month in Malaysia yet the little fella was fine?
We’d actually stopped over in KL a few days before flying back to China to break [...]