Kirk Kenny - Global View: China
Kirk grew up in small-town Saskatchewan and received a B.A.(Hons.) from the U.of S. in Saskatoon. He has have been living in Xuzhou,China for over four years, and has been married to (a local) for three years. He has been making his career here by teaching English and doing translation work, but is also looking for avenues to better exploit his language skills. Kirk says that he feels only slightly less out of place in Canada than as a "laowai," or foreigner in China.
FEATURE COLUMN:
July 21, 2006
Beijing on parade
"Just when you feel like you could be in a Western city, you get jolted back to reality and realize you’re still in China."
COLUMNS BY KIRK KENNY:
June 19, 2006
Beijing's climate of change
Aug. 10, 2005
The cost of higher learning
July 15, 2005
Crouching Dragon - Hidden Danger?
June 20, 2005
China's seniors' dilemma
May 18, 2005
Cultivating crisis: a look at rural China
April 20, 2005
Calligraphy – an unlikely art
March 7, 2005
The art of bartering
Feb. 10, 2005
A look at China’s ‘Academic Army’
Jan. 10, 2005
Have you eaten?
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