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China Anecdotes and Antidotes

 

Life in China is difficult to characterize as the Middle Kingdom is a land of extremes.  Depending on which snapshot you take of Chinese life, you might think China is an underdeveloped nation or among the most modern, a hard-line Communist regime or the most capitalistic society on earth.  In some respects Chinese life is not all that dissimilar to American life and in others I cannot imagine a more different culture.  My only qualification for commenting on life in China is that I have lived here since October of 2001.  Below are accounts of some of my more memorable experiences in the People's Republic that I think may prove useful or amusing to anyone familiar with China or hoping to become so.

 

No, I like Chinese people; I just hate Chinese tourists. (June 17, 2004)

The "Real" China (June 16, 2004)

The Development of Xishuangbanna (April 17, 2004)

Culture as a Rhythm (August 26, 2003)

The Chinese Social Dinner Ritual (August 26, 2003)

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