Water Quality in Lake Tai, China -- Summer 2009

It ain't easy being green — by Alicia Burtner — Aug 02, 2009

...or black apparently.     

Part II — by Alicia Burtner — Aug 02, 2009

My first day of water sampling failed to involve collecting water samples... would the rest of my trip go as smoothly??     

Datum Days — by Alicia Burtner — Jul 27, 2009

Another round of water sampling goes awry.     

A world without YouTube — by Alicia Burtner — Jul 20, 2009

Many popular websites are blocked in China, intentionally inhibiting social networking and communication.     

The Great Wall — by Alicia Burtner — Jul 14, 2009

A summer in China wouldn't be complete without an unnecessarily long hike along a piece of ancient history     

Bright Lights, Big City — by Alicia Burtner — Jul 14, 2009

After a cartoon proved capable of inducing 200 seizures in 1997, you would think that people's fascination with bright, flashing lights would have burnt out.     

Truth or Dare — by Alicia Burtner — Jul 02, 2009

Playing the childhood game with 11 communists turned out to be one of my most memorable nights.      comments (2)

Slow and steady wins the space race — by Alicia Burtner — Jun 28, 2009

Confucius famously said, "Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito," but using satellites as weapons against snails is totally acceptable?     

Frying Nemo — by Alicia Burtner — Jun 27, 2009

The people of Suzhou and Wuxi have figured out that Tai Lake's water's are too polluted to drink, yet they don't fret their health from eating the fish.     

Zai jain, baiji. (Translation: Goodbye, Yangtze River Dolphin) — by Alicia Burtner — Jun 25, 2009

2006 and 2007 surveys of the Yangtze River gave no sign of the rare river dolphins, baijis. Scientists vaguely blame people.     

Suzhou Ink — by Alicia Burtner — Jun 24, 2009

Asian-style tattoos are much more popular in the U.S. than in China     

Big Lake = Big Problem — by Alicia Burtner — Jun 21, 2009

Why am I here anyway??     

Apocalypse Mao — by Alicia Burtner — Jun 17, 2009

My first look at Lake Tai has me questioning its viability...      comments (1)

The Prequel — by Alicia Burtner — Jun 14, 2009

A brief overview of my summer, pre-blogging     

Stanley Came Home — by Alicia Burtner — Jun 14, 2009

I'm from Pittsburgh - you should have seen this coming.     

$0.50 Meals — by Alicia Burtner — Jun 14, 2009

I have the luxury of going out to eat for lunch everyday. I also have no idea what I've been eating.     

Ni hao, Nick Schoolers! — by Alicia Burtner — Jun 11, 2009

It’s a little ironic that I’ve been given the opportunity to express my views on the Nicholas School - I am about as far away from it as possible, in China. But I’ll get to that in a minute.      comments (1)