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1. A Visit to the Doctor
Three pretty young nurses in pink uniforms fluttered around me, cooing softly as they hooked up yet another IV transfusion into my left arm. For the last three days, I had faithfully shown up with my
Author: VALERIE SARTOR Year 2007 Issue 16 PDF HTML
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2. Space and Time - Chinese Style
China has far too many people. It's too crowded here. And everywhere I go, whether by foot, on bike or in a vehicle, I always encounter a bottleneck somewhere along the line. Waiting to walk through
Author: VALERIE SARTOR Year 2007 Issue 20 PDF HTML
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3. Magic Carpet Ride
Last month cabin fever overwhelmed me. I desperately needed a break: from my polite but wily students, from my unsatisfactory yet demanding lover, and from my overpopulated and mundane Chinese city.
Author: VALERIE SARTOR Year 2007 Issue 22 PDF HTML
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4. Danwei or My Way?
Anthropologists define culture using basic factors: language, food and behavior. But in China these three criteria certainly confuse foreigners. First, the complex Chinese language presents a
Author: VALERIE SARTOR Year 2007 Issue 27 PDF HTML
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5. Green, Green Grass of Home
From 2005 to July this year I lived in Inner Mongolia, enjoying the eclectic mix of Mongolian and Han cultures. Mongolians are friendly and open, sturdy and smart, loyal and emotional. They have
Author: VALERIE SARTOR Year 2007 Issue 32 PDF HTML
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6. Nomadic Norms
Expats often complain that upon befriending Asiatic people, hidden obligations, like unwanted cold sores, may pop forth unexpectedly. Rules are not clear; lines get crossed, misunderstandings occur.
Author: VALERIE SARTOR Year 2007 Issue 35 PDF HTML
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7. Hullabaloo or Harmony?
Even after over two years as an English instructor in north China, my five senses still get overloaded, sometimes pleasantly and sometimes appallingly. Edward T. Hall, a renowned anthropologist,
Author: VALERIE SARTOR Year 2007 Issue 36 PDF HTML
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8. The Tao of Silk
China's most ancient gift to the world, silk, arrived long before gunpowder, paper and print-making. This coveted fabric predated Christ and Buddha. Silk startled the world: Lenient ancient Romans
Author: VALERIE SARTOR Year 2007 Issue 39 PDF HTML
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9. Queen of Diamonds
A 26-year-old woman, Yang Huiyan, currently tops Forbes list of the richest people in China: Her net worth rests at $16 billion. Clearly, Chinese women are getting into the capitalist spirit. Modern
Author: VALERIE SARTOR Year 2007 Issue 45 PDF HTML
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10. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Like most expats my life in China has been both stimulating and frustrating. To be fifty and read no better than a Chinese preschooler, to suffer indignities with my digestive system and to
Author: VALERIE SARTOR Year 2007 Issue 47 PDF HTML