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The TIGER FATHER: TROOPS MOBILISE AS JAPAN TENSION MOUNTS
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One man's quest to achieve parenting immortality while not going insane in China. Wednesday, September 26, 2012. TROOPS MOBILISE AS JAPAN TENSION MOUNTS. Meanwhile, somewhere inside the Chinese army . RIGHT youuuuuu miserable lot - fall in and listen up! Now, we're a very big army. Biggest in the world! But a lot of those so-called 'experts' from the 'media' haven't been very flattering about us, have they? Especially after those photos of our intensive training exercise leaked out. Remember this? OK, Pr...
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The TIGER FATHER: TUNEY LOONS
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One man's quest to achieve parenting immortality while not going insane in China. Monday, September 24, 2012. The change is complete. I have become “one of them”. Seven years in China can do this to a person. If you’re not careful, you can go feral, adopting several or one life-changing customs you never expected. Instead I’ve gone local in one of the most liberating, wonderful ways possible. I’ve become a loony singer. To work, souls renewed. In the west, people have sung in their cars for decades. ...
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The TIGER FATHER: THE CUTEST RESTAURANT IN TOWN
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One man's quest to achieve parenting immortality while not going insane in China. Monday, April 16, 2012. THE CUTEST RESTAURANT IN TOWN. This week the Tiger Father introduces a new segment exploring the highlights of 5000 years of Asian culture and civilisation. Today we start with the mystical, often misunderstood phenomena best known to millions of devotees around the world by its two-word English name - Hello Kitty. I did warn you. There's more pink here than in. DON'T WEAR: Orange or brown. The weddi...
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The TIGER FATHER: January 2014
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One man's quest to achieve parenting immortality while not going insane in China. Sunday, January 12, 2014. MASSIVE CHANGE TIPPED FOR NEW YEAR! Happy New Year. Speaking of which, here's my New Year's column running in this month's That's Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou magazines. I've never been one for the annual round of self-flagellating personal improvement pledges known as New Year's resolutions. I've usually just stuck to one: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it.". This year I resolve to:. Tell the kids th...
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The TIGER FATHER: ATTN PARENTS: KAZ COOKE DOES CHINA!
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One man's quest to achieve parenting immortality while not going insane in China. Sunday, February 24, 2013. ATTN PARENTS: KAZ COOKE DOES CHINA! Here at the Tiger Father, I do a lot of interviews. Some are hard hitting. Some are light-hearted. Some are fairly dull. All of them are totally made up. But today it is with quite some quivering excitement that I bring you my very first, genuine interview with a real person! And not just any real person, but the best person there is! The App is out now, for whe...
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The TIGER FATHER: August 2013
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One man's quest to achieve parenting immortality while not going insane in China. Sunday, August 25, 2013. THE WORLD-WEARY KIDS OF EXPAT LAND. Here's my column on summer travel that appeared recently in That's Beijing, That's Shanghai and That's Guangzhou magazines. Enjoy! NOT that I’m a grumpy old man or anything, but by God today’s kids are spoiled. Spoiled rotten. They need a good war, etc etc …. That said, it can be disarming how our kids have evolved to view what is normal - and even. When I was a l...
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The TIGER FATHER: October 2013
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One man's quest to achieve parenting immortality while not going insane in China. Wednesday, October 9, 2013. VARIATIONS ON SEVERAL THEMES. The leaves are turning yellow and soon another pleasant, all-too-brief Beijing winter will be upon us. Your humble chronicler of life in the capital has been busy away from this blog over the summer, but that doesn't mean I haven't been collecting photos of some of my favourite Beijing things, because I have. From the "more is more" school of Chinese interiors. Furth...
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The TIGER FATHER: December 2013
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One man's quest to achieve parenting immortality while not going insane in China. Tuesday, December 10, 2013. CHRISTMAS: WHY STOP AT ONE? Here's my column from That's Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou magazines this month. Merry Christmas! THIS family has big plans for Christmas. First we're going to euthanize Santa. Then we're going to hang on a beach in Vietnam. Only with a finger, mind you. I don't find these parenting situations that. There's the Russian one. Just to confuse things, Russia's "Santa" del...
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The TIGER FATHER: MASSIVE CHANGE TIPPED FOR NEW YEAR!
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One man's quest to achieve parenting immortality while not going insane in China. Sunday, January 12, 2014. MASSIVE CHANGE TIPPED FOR NEW YEAR! Happy New Year. Speaking of which, here's my New Year's column running in this month's That's Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou magazines. I've never been one for the annual round of self-flagellating personal improvement pledges known as New Year's resolutions. I've usually just stuck to one: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it.". This year I resolve to:. Tell the kids th...
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The TIGER FATHER: CUNNING WAYS TO FOOL THE COPS
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One man's quest to achieve parenting immortality while not going insane in China. Monday, May 6, 2013. CUNNING WAYS TO FOOL THE COPS. WE all know the feeling: You've got your new Ferrari, now how we will stop the police getting up in our business if we fancy travelling 200 kmph over the speed limit around Beijing one night? Today the Tiger Father brings you your go-to guide to "working the China system", or "breaking the law", in relation to your licence plates. 1 Just take the bloody things off. The ide...
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