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.