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LIVING IN CHINA
23 people from different parts of the world recount their colorful life stories
Author: Lu Yang
Publisher: New World Press
Year of publication: 2007
ISBN: 978-7-80228-501-9
Price:78 yuan
Size: 170x240mm
Pages: 343
Contents:
East Meets West-A Young American's Cultural "Switch"
To Dream of Being a Dragon
A Briton Arrives in Beijing
Speak of the Devil
Good Songs
His Love for Marco Polo
Standing Guard on the Great Wall
We Travel Together Forever
A Poetic Courtyard Life
A Finnish Mother
The Number One "Signage Police"
A Western Student of Chinese Painting
The Pleasure of "Discovery"
A Korean Doctor Sir Named "China"
Towards an Open Future
Touching the Souls of Blind Tibetan Children
"Doctor Garbage"
Seek Knowledge, Even in China
A "Chinese" with a Strange Face
"Married" to China
Spring Rain in Dongxiang
From an African "Prince" to a Beijing Tailor
Chasing the Sun
Features: The authors of this book have interviewed 23 people living in China who are all ordinary people from around the world. They speak different languages and have different cultural backgrounds. They come to China with different dreams and lead dramatically different lives. Some are studying in colleges or universities, some work as a teacher, translator, singer, chef, manager, storeowner, artist or charity worker. Why do they come to China? How do they make a living here? What difficulties or cultural shocks have they had while living and working in China? What kind of life have they experienced? What have they gained and lost in life here? This book leads readers into the inner world of their emotions and tells their story -- love, hate, sadness, joy, the good times and the hard times.
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