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All of a sudden, Chinese grannies were no longer just elderly members of our host society.
I had my first experience of outdoor exercise in Beijing. The sight fascinated me. In London, it seems the high crime rates keep people from lingering on street corners at night.
On seeing a black foreigner, a Chinese co-worker remarked, "He's too dark." I looked at my own skin and wondered what my colleague meant by "too dark".
I should never have gone to Happy Valley theme park. I do love roller coasters, but the problem was I loved it too much.
My own personal love affair with tanning started after I spent three months in Borneo off the eastern coast of Sabah, in northern Malaysia.
The problem with China (I hear you say, "One of the problems ") is that progress and improvement develop their own way.
I walked into the schoolroom in Wuwei county, Anhui province, not having the slightest clue what to expect.
Before moving to Fuzhou, I thought the periodic sense of loneliness would be the first challenge I had to face. I was wrong.
I've told at least eight people the same tedious anecdote in the past four weeks.
There was a loud altercation at the head of the line. A big Chinese chap was shouting angrily and stabbing his finger at museum attendants.
56 percent of Beijing citizens claim they are unhappy. What's the matter with Beijingers? Why are they so miserable?
As I arrived at Beijing airport on the morning of June 22, I couldn't help feeling that my flight to HK was as in-tune with the heavenly spheres.