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11. Being Understood
At dinner the other night in a small, no-frills Sichuan restaurant, I was most impressed by the young waitress who greeted me in English. Her accent was almost tone perfect, as if she had recited
Author: FRANCISCO LITTLE Year 2004 Issue 29 PDF HTML
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12. The Bare Facts
Naturists have long been regarded by clothed members of society as liberal in the extreme, taking left wing into left swing. It's a lifestyle that doesn't appeal to those who doubt whether their
Author: FRANCISCO LITTLE Year 2004 Issue 34 PDF HTML
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13. Tourist Trap
For most expats living in China, one of the greatest pleasures is to get away from the big city you're working in and spend some time visiting one of the numerous places of interests around the
Author: FRANCISCO LITTLE Year 2004 Issue 40 PDF HTML
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14. Ignorance Is Bliss
I remember when I was growing up my parents would often tell my sisters and me, "Finish your dinner-people in China are starving." Well historically we all know that this is true, and there was a
Author: FRANCISCO LITTLE Year 2004 Issue 51 PDF HTML
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15. 'Tis the Season to Be Jolly
It's the plastic cut out of Santa's chubby countenance that really gets in your face. Insanely blue eyes, Ferrari red lips and a beard that looks like the froth on a well-made cappuccino, stare out
Author: FRANCISCO LITTLE Year 2004 Issue 52 PDF HTML
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16. Pass the Veggies
Before coming to China I never gave much thought to the fact that being a vegetarian could be a problem. Why should it be? I mean surely not everyone in a population of 1.3 billion would be meat
Author: FRANCISCO LITTLE Year 2005 Issue 5 PDF HTML
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17. Village VIPs
Having been in China for a while now, I have learned that Spring Festival is best celebrated outside of the big cities. As they say in the classics, less is more. With this philosophy in mind I
Author: FRANCISCO LITTLE Year 2005 Issue 8 PDF HTML
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18. Bottoms Up
If the last words you ever hear in China are ganbei (dry glass) you'll know you went out in a spirited way. Drinking has been intimately intertwined in almost every aspect of Chinese culture since
Author: FRANCISCO LITTLE Year 2005 Issue 14 PDF HTML
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19. Spouse Hunting
I was interested to read in a local newspaper recently that parents in Beijing have started a group to find suitable partners for their unmarried sons and daughters.Apparently fed up with their
Author: FRANCISCO LITTLE Year 2005 Issue 32 PDF HTML
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20. What's Your Best Price?
Anyone who's ever traveled to Asia, and China in particular, has heard stories about the finer aspects of bargaining. I learned the hard way. Those 'finer aspects' are all about patience and after
Author: FRANCISCO LITTLE Year 2005 Issue 40 PDF HTML