Once it started it was hard to stop. I'd never been naked in nature; having grown up in Beijing, that never was option. But I was studying in graduate school in the States, getting interested in lots of new subjects, like ecology, when I started seeing myself with new eyes. In China, I was just another young woman -- short, slender, with long black hair, bu...
WANTIN' A WANTON WONTON PART I: Sexier Chinese Checkers And when I get excited my little China girl says,'Oh Baby, just you shut your mouth!' -- David Bowie, "Little China Girl" In China, the National Day holiday is an extra-long weekend in early October, and millions of people make short trips to see this temple-dotted mountain or that two-thousand-year...
It has been three years since the Matriarchal Republic of China has invaded. A highly militarized and yet overwhelmingly feminine state. With a gender divide of 95% female and only a measly 5% male, their demographical future was looking bleak. To resolve the so-called seed shortages, they have invaded your, John Doe's, country. Their fanatical military quic...
Editing magic performed by KJ24 and Shyqash, plus contributions by the regular gang of brigands and neer-do-wells Loving your enemy is easy ... you know precisely where both of you stand In case anyone cares: I do not hate China or the Chinese People. As a Global Power, the PRC is fair game to be a great antagonist in a fiction story. Not only do they have...
When we were last with Rocky and Bullwinkle, they were frantically digging a hole into the ground with the goal of reaching China on the other side of the world. Flying there wasn't an option. "I can't get my antlers past airport security," said Bullwinkle. Their goal after reaching China is to get a strange weapon repaired for none other than those two ne...
This story is the continuation of my other story "Asian Adventures". It is not necessary to read that story to understand this one, but maybe it will give you an idea of the build up to this one. ---------------------------------- I returned to Australia and then began to apply for a position in China. Thought I may as well continue to travel and see the w...
Stereotypes are an unfortunate fact of human life, I'm afraid. We've all got them about other people, and they have them about us. However, I don't think they should be discounted because most of them have their source in some obscure truth. My name is Jefferson O'Shea. A young Irishman living in the City of Ottawa, Ontario. I moved to the Province of Ontari...
Gang Jun Captain! Delun Tong glares at the officer addressing him. He is not in the mood to receive bad news. So far his fleet has taken quite the beating and he is close to losing the battle. If he is defeated here, the blame will befall him sending his name—his family name—into shame. Somehow he only hopes he can turn the near defeat into a victory. "Wh...
Title: “Into the Breach” PLOT: In a post-apocalyptic US, eight brave souls struggle to survive in a dystopian future. Will they survive, or will they succumb to the temptations the brave new world offers them? SETTING: Former United States, near future. Resource Wars have pushed the country to the brink of secession. Militias and government troops fight over...
The woman said something in Chinese to Alex as she pulled the strings tight at the back of Alex's dress. "Babe! Come translate!" Alex yelled threw the changing room's curtain with her last breath, right before she was strapped into the dress so tightly she couldn't draw in another. "Sorry" Chaoxiang slipped through the slit in the curtain. "I was talking t...