These Mountains of Mine

Photo de l’auteur 1 Little recollection remained of when the penetrating cold first took hold of him. It seemed to arise steadily from deep within and, each time it came, immediately spread through the whole body. The world had shrunk to a narrow black-and-white stream of dotted lights—silent, broken, and rapidly fleeing. All that remainedContinueContinue reading “These Mountains of Mine”

The Tears of the Dragon Girl

shrimp boat on Dianchi Lake 1 On the afternoon of the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Deputy Captain Li Yinpei of the Criminal Investigation Unit responded to a call and did not return to the bureau until dusk. He missed the department’s year-end assembly and dinner. The building was nearly empty. He wasContinueContinue reading “The Tears of the Dragon Girl”

龙女的眼泪

刑侦队中队长李因培腊月28下午出警,傍晚才回到局里,错过了年前的全局大会和聚餐。楼里空空的。他人在采集工作站前插执勤记录仪时,队里的小霍刚好从餐厅回来,在走廊里碰到他,两人一路聊着回办公室。李因培一边有心无心听小霍讲开会和聚餐的事,一边往柜子里卸他的出警装备——手铐,警棍,执勤记录仪,警服。小霍问起过年来,他说明天腊月二十九,歇班,年三十至初二值班……点击故事标题👆阅读全文👆

网民

The people in China who end up becoming creators of tech- and culture-related content — the kind consumed by China’s billion-strong wang min (网民) — are often those bottle-half-full Chinese youths who dropped out of U.S. universities. These are the modern 邯郸学步 types: they have not truly mastered the foreigners’ stuff, but have already managedContinueContinue reading “网民”

Citizenship — A Pipe Dream

Bristol, Rhode Island There are 193 member states in the United Nations. Nearly all of them are republics of one kind or another. Republic of this. Federal Republic of that. People’s Republic of something else. The modern world is a forest of republics. Given the prevalence of republics among humans, one suspects that in theContinueContinue reading “Citizenship — A Pipe Dream”

Inventory of Small Affections

Inventory of Small Affections 1 In the morning, Cheng Yi and I went to the car rental agency next to our hotel. It was called Ruichijie Self-Drive Service. Cheng Yi was the one driving, so she handled the pickup formalities at the counter while I stood off to the side, idle. At the counter besideContinueContinue reading “Inventory of Small Affections”

阿菲家の好物

早晨和程奕去旅馆傍的租车行提车,叫瑞驰捷自驾服务的。车是程奕开,所以是她在柜台那里办提车手续,我做个闲人,在一边站着。傍边的柜台是另一个顾客,二十来岁样子的女孩,也在办提车手续,她身边站着个女孩,与她年纪相仿,两人长得极像极像。我听到那个在办手续的女孩问车行的服务员,自驾去泸沽湖,路上有什么需要注意的。服务员给她讲解的时候,我心理想,这两个人也是去泸沽湖呀,我们也是要去同一个地方。后来手续办完了,去车场取车,是辆黑色新款大众朗逸。颜色是程奕挑的,我心仪白色,但我……点击故事标题👆阅读全文👆

Wiggums, Szyslaks, Nahasapeemapetilons—A Super Bowl Story

Super Bowl fun with Moe, Wiggum, Apu Super Bowl LX is just a week away. Earlier today, an email landed in our inboxes from the company’s event committee announcing this year’s Super Bowl Squares challenge. Two brackets, two winners, no cost, a modest gift card. The twist: instead of employee names, each square is labeledContinueContinue reading “Wiggums, Szyslaks, Nahasapeemapetilons—A Super Bowl Story”