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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

Life in the Mystic East, Part the Second

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Michael Butchin

During my first year in Taiwan, I had several curious adventures…. For a long time, I had no radio in my apartment, so I was unable to get much in the way of news. And so it was, one morning … Continue reading →

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