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Chapter 55: New Position, New View of Shanghai

Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Apr 13th, 2010

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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Chapter 53: Truth, Lies and Actual China Employment

Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Apr 8th, 2010

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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Chapter 52: Bad Luck or Blessings?

Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Apr 7th, 2010

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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Chapter 51: My Guanxi, My Interview Nightmare

Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Apr 6th, 2010

Has your China guanxi ever surprised you? A new guanxi of mine set up a job interview in China like nothing I’d ever known.

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Chapter 50: The Gumption to Stay in China

Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Apr 5th, 2010

What keeps you abroad when life falls apart? When I faced uncertainty after losing my job, I remembered the things that kept me grounded in China.

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Chapter 41: Losing Jobs and Gaining Chinese Friends

Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 18th, 2010

As I lost my job in the Chinese Internet company, Frank, my ex-Chinese boyfriend, became closer to management. I never thought Frank would understand, and didn’t see how we could stay friends, until one harried night when I left the company.

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Chapter 40: Negotiating For My Life in China

Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 17th, 2010

Sometimes, you have to negotiate for your life in China. After losing my job and visa, my Chinese boyfriend and I faced my Chinese boss with a list of demands — and a lot of fear.

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Chapter 39: On the Border, at the Public Security Bureau

Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 16th, 2010

What happens when you’re on the legal border in China? When my work visa had expired for two days, I had to face the consequences at the Public Security Bureau in China — and save my life in China.

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Chapter 38: No Job, No Visa

Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 15th, 2010

My China job and visa were catastrophically lost one afternoon in January, when I finally confronted the boss of the Chinese Internet company where I worked.

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Chapter 37: Forgotten Workers and Contracts

Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 11th, 2010

What happens when your company in China forgets you? They had forgotten my Ayi, forgotten the contracts of many current workers. And then, they forgot me and my contract.

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