My plan was to move to Beijing and score a home in one of the hutongs, the densely packed laneways in the center of the city that contain clusters of traditional courtyard dwellings. They’re known in Chinese as siheyuan (四合院). The idea of being able to hang in the private courtyard during summer with a [...]

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The first year I came to China, I got an agent that specializes in helping expats to hook me up. I went that route because I couldn’t communicate in Chinese to save my life, and I didn’t want to be signing any contracts that had hidden clauses allowing a group of senior citizens to practice [...]

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