The Emperor Leaving the Empire

Wow! I heard it between the lines in an earlier podcast, but now it is official. After Sinica co-host Jeremy Goldkorn, Sinicism author Bill Bishop, That’s Shanghai founder Mark Kitto and many other famous Laowais the Emperor himself declared that he will leave the country. Kaier Kuo is due to put up his tent in the San Francisco Bay area in 2016. He says that this move is not related to any of the many reasons that make other foreigners leave China, but solely to his wife pushing him to grant his offspring the same advantage of bicultural upbringing that Kaiser enjoyed himself. He is probably sincere, but I am quite sure that once he has grown back into the American way of life, he will find many more blessings hidden from his smoggy Beijing point of view; above all – and yes, that’s what I miss most: weekends or even afternoons out in unspoiled nature with the family.