The mothership has landed in the motherland.

Hello New World! Just got into Beijing a couple nights ago and trying to figure out my Internets situation. To get this blog up and running in the People's Republic of China, I had to come to...Starbucks. Naturally.

I must say it's pretty exciting to be here. (Especially after getting stuck in the middle seat next to a fat American dude, who proceeded to cough for 14 hours nonstop. Mmmm. United sucks.)

After almost 8 years in NY, this is kind of a new chapter for me. Some of my friends back home suggested that I start a blog so they could follow my "misadventures" here, so I'll do my best to keep everybody updated with "harmonious3wheelmotion."

What does that mean? Well I attended a talk last night at the Belgian Embassy, where a longtime Beijing CNN bureau chief discussed his time in China dating all the way back to the early 70s. Really interesting, as he's really one of the few foreigners to have witnessed China before it opened up to the world. Anyway, he quoted the official Communist party line which has recently elevated social harmony as its primary concern. Gotta keep it harmonious yo.

Earlier in the day I was wandering around the city, and I came across this gigantic structure. What in the world is this? And I soon discovered it was this rather upscale mall replete with an Adidas store that looked remarkably similar to the one back in Soho. Walked in the store and they were bumping "Gin and Juice."

So as a Chinese-American dude who grew up in a small town in Illinois listening to Snoop Dogg talk about hittin' them switches, I thought it was only appropriate to name this blog: Harmonious 3-Wheel Motion.