Our editor Liz baked Sidney Shapiro an apple pie.The next day she ran across the city to buy him bagels,cream cheese and lox,and then at the arranged time she telephoned him from outside his home:a courtyard nestled b...Our editor Liz baked Sidney Shapiro an apple pie.The next day she ran across the city to buy him bagels,cream cheese and lox,and then at the arranged time she telephoned him from outside his home:a courtyard nestled by the Houhai lakes展开更多
We were living off milk tea,mutton and cheese when my sister Becky appeared holding large bars of Dove chocolate.I gaped at her.I’d been living in China for a few years when my two sisters flew in from Canada to take...We were living off milk tea,mutton and cheese when my sister Becky appeared holding large bars of Dove chocolate.I gaped at her.I’d been living in China for a few years when my two sisters flew in from Canada to take a backpacking trip with me through the remote plains of Inner Mongolia.The landscape was beautiful,but barren and harsh—and to this day I don’t understand how she found such good chocolate.Family travels,of course,can lead to all展开更多
Qi,our Deputy Managing Editor,left the office sobbing.As she walked home against oncoming gusts of frosty wind,tears formed icicles on her cheeks.She had been watching movies.For two weeks,Qi left her desk weeping int...Qi,our Deputy Managing Editor,left the office sobbing.As she walked home against oncoming gusts of frosty wind,tears formed icicles on her cheeks.She had been watching movies.For two weeks,Qi left her desk weeping into her scarf.She展开更多
On some Beijing mornings,I wake up feeling like I’ve been transported into a sci-fi comic book world.The early sky is tinted gold.Dust propelled by strong northern winds swirls atop wide concrete roads.Dense smog cli...On some Beijing mornings,I wake up feeling like I’ve been transported into a sci-fi comic book world.The early sky is tinted gold.Dust propelled by strong northern winds swirls atop wide concrete roads.Dense smog clings to the looming silhouettes of construction cranes.There was a salt scare.The tragic earthquake and subsequent nuclear disaster in Japan in March had people concerned about seawater contamination.Chinese people kept asking me。展开更多
文摘Our editor Liz baked Sidney Shapiro an apple pie.The next day she ran across the city to buy him bagels,cream cheese and lox,and then at the arranged time she telephoned him from outside his home:a courtyard nestled by the Houhai lakes
文摘We were living off milk tea,mutton and cheese when my sister Becky appeared holding large bars of Dove chocolate.I gaped at her.I’d been living in China for a few years when my two sisters flew in from Canada to take a backpacking trip with me through the remote plains of Inner Mongolia.The landscape was beautiful,but barren and harsh—and to this day I don’t understand how she found such good chocolate.Family travels,of course,can lead to all
文摘Qi,our Deputy Managing Editor,left the office sobbing.As she walked home against oncoming gusts of frosty wind,tears formed icicles on her cheeks.She had been watching movies.For two weeks,Qi left her desk weeping into her scarf.She
文摘On some Beijing mornings,I wake up feeling like I’ve been transported into a sci-fi comic book world.The early sky is tinted gold.Dust propelled by strong northern winds swirls atop wide concrete roads.Dense smog clings to the looming silhouettes of construction cranes.There was a salt scare.The tragic earthquake and subsequent nuclear disaster in Japan in March had people concerned about seawater contamination.Chinese people kept asking me。
