Rite of passage
Brittany Gilbert turned twenty-one a few days ago. We threw a surprise party for her—something
they don’t have in China. There is a Chinese version of the Happy Birthday song
which our Chinese counterparts sang.
What does tomorrow mean? It is 5:30 pm here, but at home it’s 5:00 in the morning. I leave Weihai tomorrow and make a stop in Beijing. ...
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Guanxi To understand China, one must understand the notion of "guanxi" (pronounced GWAN-SHEE). Roughly translated, it means connec... -
The Oxford English Academy of Nanjing where I work is a class act, a proprietary school affiliated with Oxford University in England and com...
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Ping pong Ping pong is a national sport here. It is played by people of all ages. Even I played it the other day. Children learn t...
1 comment:
Happy Birthday, Brittany! I bet you will not forget this one! :-)
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