Speaking of China

During a reunion lunch with one of my favorite former Chinese coworkers, Jane, I discover she’s gone over to F@lun G0ng — and hopes John and I will too.

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Someone in Shanghai dumped newborn kittens into a garbage can near my office — all over superstition. I wonder when luck was more important than life.

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As a friend goes into quarantine, and the virus closes in on John’s hometown in the countryside, I had to learn how to live with the threat of SARS, everyday.

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May 1, 2003 began one of the quietest May holidays I had ever seen in China, as SARS panic infiltrated the country, and emptied out shopping malls, streets, and public transport.

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When surgical masks appeared on the faces of my coworkers in Shanghai, China, I realized the SARS panic had spread to our office — and I didn’t know how to stop it.

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Just as SARS began, and panic slowly began to mask the public, it felt odd to be so in love in China. Would SARS muzzle my romance with a Chinese man?

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As I began work at the global media company in Shanghai, I discovered that sometimes, the customer is not always right — and definitely, is not your lover.

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My view of Shanghai changed completely when I became gainfully employed as a copywriter, in a downtown office with a view of its own.

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A lie may have brought me into Shanghai, but it was the truth that would make me gainfully employed in China.

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As I grappled with the uncertainty of finding a new job, and wondering where to live in China, I began to realize that bad luck might be a blessing.

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