One Western woman with a Chinese husband makes sense of China 洋媳妇看中国
Posted in China articles on Oct 24th, 2009
About a month ago, I started watching Ken Burns’ documentary on the National Parks. And what I saw surprised me: China. Blatant commercialism of the parks in the 19th century — from Niagara Falls to Yellowstone — echoed my experiences in Yellow Mountain, as well as non-natural sites such as Shaolin Temple and Lijiang. The [...]
Posted in China articles on Oct 18th, 2009
Er Ge, my second-oldest brother-in-law, wanted to marry for life. His bride in 2005 was a lovely, lithe girl of 18 from Guizhou who worked in a local sewing factory, often evenings. I never forgot her almost ubiquitous smile in my presence. It was inscrutable, a smile that remained far too long to be just [...]
Posted in China articles on Oct 11th, 2009
This is the concluding article in a four-part series of articles providing a snapshot of modern life in China in observance of October 1, 2009, the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It was published October 11, 2009 in the Insight section of the Idaho State Journal ———— It was [...]
Posted in China articles on Oct 4th, 2009
This is the third in a four-part series of articles providing a snapshot of modern life in China in observance of October 1, 2009, the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It was published October 4, 2009 in the Insight section of the Idaho State Journal. ——- Anya Wang, a [...]
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