One Western woman with a Chinese husband makes sense of China 洋媳妇谈ä¸å›½
Posted in China articles on Jun 20th, 2009
For those of you who don’t know, this year marks the tenth anniversary of my first landing in China — August 27, 1999. That day, when I stumbled into Beijing’s old international airport, never did I realize it would change my life entirely. That I would spend the majority of the next ten years living [...]
Posted in China articles on Jun 19th, 2009
When I was in Beijing several weeks ago, the most shocking things I heard came from a doctor friend of mine. He is a urologist at a Beijing Hospital, who I’ll call Dr. Wang.
I actually met Dr. Wang nine years ago when I came through Beijing and suddenly found myself without any place to stay. [...]
Posted in China articles on Jun 11th, 2009
As I was looking for some late morning breakfast in the kitchen, I heard someone burst through the front door of my inlaws’ home here in the countryside. There was this handsome young man with a briefcase and — looking back on the moment — a somewhat unctuous smile. I’ve met everyone in John’s family, [...]
Posted in China articles on Jun 2nd, 2009
Yesterday on June 1, when I was in the underground tunnel crossing into Tian’anmen, I saw an interesting sign. It said “everyone has a right to breathe fresh air.” It had pictures of someone’s lungs/heart getting ruined, and it was asking people not to smoke in public places. It was shocking, really shocking – I’ve [...]
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