Sad as it is to admit, the rare solar eclipse that incited such mayhem on Easter Island earlier this week has thrown our own Beijing community into a tizzy. Or perhaps the culprit is the stultifying heatwave which has descended on our city, turning Popup Towers into a beseiged fortress of air conditioning, and sending the rest of the expat community scurrying to their habitual vacation spots in Shunyi and Fengtai.
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Whatever the cause, along with everyone else we know in Beijing, the Sinica podcast is taking a vacation this Friday. Instead of a regular podcast discussion on the matters of the day, we’re pleased to present a special recording of Kaiser reading selections from his latest book: Ich Bin Ein Beijinger. Consisting of selections from the columns Kaiser has written over the last nine years for an English-language magazine here in Beijing, this book is available in most foreign language bookstores here in Beijing as well as in a special digital edition for the Kindle.{chop}