he cabin crew will be circulating in a few minutes to serve drinks and snakes. We only ask that you keepyour seatbelts fastened and observe the ＂No Smoking＂ sign.＂ With a few nervous titters heard among passengers,...he cabin crew will be circulating in a few minutes to serve drinks and snakes. We only ask that you keepyour seatbelts fastened and observe the ＂No Smoking＂ sign.＂ With a few nervous titters heard among passengers, I wondered if the person behind the voice actually knew what some of us found so amusing A common error had oc- curred when the word ＂snakes＂ had been used instead of s-n-a-c-k-s. Recently a Chinese friend, who graduated as an English major, laughed when recounting how she invariably orders ＂Spirit＂ instead of S-p-r-i-t-e. Oral English faux pas like these are so common in China that many call it a reflection of Chinglish.展开更多
I first went to the Harbin Snow and Ice Festival in 1996. I remember the train bride--it took 22 hours from Tianjin.And I remember the cold--locals laughed at me for only wearing tour pairs of trousers. I recently r...I first went to the Harbin Snow and Ice Festival in 1996. I remember the train bride--it took 22 hours from Tianjin.And I remember the cold--locals laughed at me for only wearing tour pairs of trousers. I recently returned to Harbin and found that, like everything else in China, the festival is not what it was.展开更多
Like most expats my life in China has been both stimulat- ing and frustrating.To be fifty and read no better than a Chinese preschooler,to suffer indignities with my digestive system and to periodi- cally fall prey to...Like most expats my life in China has been both stimulat- ing and frustrating.To be fifty and read no better than a Chinese preschooler,to suffer indignities with my digestive system and to periodi- cally fall prey to homesickness—all these woes and more magically lifted recently when a misfortune befell me. After a long weekend in展开更多
It is well known that China is home to nearly 1.4 billion people; but there＇s another popu- lation within its borders that, for the past 40 years, has been rising steadily right along with it the pet populace.
Who doesn’t love physical gratification?In Beijing,customarily modest Chinese friends have consistently surprised me with their artistic displays of hedonist pleasures:They love to eat and drink and to care for every...Who doesn’t love physical gratification?In Beijing,customarily modest Chinese friends have consistently surprised me with their artistic displays of hedonist pleasures:They love to eat and drink and to care for every part of their body.Here vast enterprises for pleasing physical sensations exist: restaurants,teahouses,beau-展开更多
文摘he cabin crew will be circulating in a few minutes to serve drinks and snakes. We only ask that you keepyour seatbelts fastened and observe the ＂No Smoking＂ sign.＂ With a few nervous titters heard among passengers, I wondered if the person behind the voice actually knew what some of us found so amusing A common error had oc- curred when the word ＂snakes＂ had been used instead of s-n-a-c-k-s. Recently a Chinese friend, who graduated as an English major, laughed when recounting how she invariably orders ＂Spirit＂ instead of S-p-r-i-t-e. Oral English faux pas like these are so common in China that many call it a reflection of Chinglish.
文摘I first went to the Harbin Snow and Ice Festival in 1996. I remember the train bride--it took 22 hours from Tianjin.And I remember the cold--locals laughed at me for only wearing tour pairs of trousers. I recently returned to Harbin and found that, like everything else in China, the festival is not what it was.
文摘Like most expats my life in China has been both stimulat- ing and frustrating.To be fifty and read no better than a Chinese preschooler,to suffer indignities with my digestive system and to periodi- cally fall prey to homesickness—all these woes and more magically lifted recently when a misfortune befell me. After a long weekend in
文摘It is well known that China is home to nearly 1.4 billion people; but there＇s another popu- lation within its borders that, for the past 40 years, has been rising steadily right along with it the pet populace.
文摘Who doesn’t love physical gratification?In Beijing,customarily modest Chinese friends have consistently surprised me with their artistic displays of hedonist pleasures:They love to eat and drink and to care for every part of their body.Here vast enterprises for pleasing physical sensations exist: restaurants,teahouses,beau-
