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Monthly Archive for December, 2008

My Short 2009 (and beyond!) China Wishlist

Posted in Chinese education, Culture, Environmental, Green China, New Year's Day on Dec 31st, 2008

Instead of looking back on 2008, or making predictions for 2009, I thought — why not share a list of my hopes and wishes for China in the next year…and beyond? So…here’s a short list of what I’d like to see in the Middle Kingdom in 2009, and after. It is NOT a prediction; I [...]

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Buck’s East Wind: West Wind: The feminist side of the Good Earth, where foreign women married Chinese men, long before it was cool

Posted in China business book reviews on Dec 16th, 2008

I’m a huge fan of Pearl Buck. From the moment I opened the “House of Earth” trilogy — which includes “The Good Earth”, “Sons” and “A House Divided” — I was hooked, and devoured every word passionately. But yet, there was always one part of the book I found heartbreaking, perhaps for personal reasons. In [...]

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