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About Michael Butchin

I was born, according to the official records, in the Year of the Ram, under the Element of Fire, when Johnson ruled the land with a heavy heart; in the Cradle of Liberty, to a family of bohemians. I studied Chinese language and literature at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. I spent some years in Taiwan teaching kindergarten during the day, and ESOL during the evenings. I currently work as a high school ESOL teacher, and am an unlikely martial artist. I have spent much of my life amongst actors, singers, movie stars, beautiful cultists, Taoist immortals, renegade monks, and at least one martial arts tzaddik. I currently reside in Beijing's Dongcheng district

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Posted on June 4, 2020 by Michael Butchin

The Chinese reputedly have a curse: “May you live in interesting times.” By now, this has become something of a canard. Personally, I have heard more than once a hearty “FUCK YOU!” in China, with the occasional “Fuck your Eighteen … Continue reading →

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