December 3, 2012
On Success & Happiness: In Your Element
When I was visiting Los Angeles last month, Sanyee Yuan – our “Pathfinder in Hollywood”…
November 28, 2012
Who’s Your ER Friend?谁会是你的急诊室挚友？
For the first time in my life, I heard a heart-surgeon making a heart-breaking, heart-stopping,…
November 21, 2012
Meteors Disappear Momentarily; A Mother’s Love Lasts Forever流星转瞬即逝，母爱却永恒
I have never seen meteors so far in my life, and my mom has seen…
November 16, 2012
On the Town: The Storm that Still Binds在城中：风暴连系你我他
More than two weeks after Hurricane Sandy pounded New York, New Jersey and Connecticut –…
November 14, 2012
Why not share bad news?为什么报喜不报忧？
I just found out my god-daughter’s aunt died suddenly, of liver cancer. She was young,…
November 7, 2012
The Storm that Binds使人连结在一起的风暴
When Hurricane Sandy slammed New York with its immense force and speed last week, I…
November 3, 2012
Define Your Terms定义你的观点
I enrolled in the Peking University School of International Studies so I could learn the…
October 31, 2012
Chinese Dating and Marriage中国式恋爱和婚姻
A well-known Chinese idiom that describes marriage says 门当户对. It means that a couple should…
October 30, 2012
Body Language in China: Out of Sync, Out of Line!?中国的肢体语言:不协调，不恰当！？
Does your body language reveal your hidden, innermost, subconscious thoughts and intentions? Isn’t that what…
October 27, 2012
Expatriate, You’re Coming Home在外的游子，你正在回家的路上
“怎么有这么多外国胖子？What’s with all the overweight foreigners?” Getting off the plane, that was the first thing…
October 24, 2012
Where Is Home?家在何方？
“Dad loves you.” This is what I heard from my dad after he got drunk.…
October 3, 2012
Networking Gone Wrong社交出错
Networking in Beijing is fairly easy. Whether you’re on the bus, at an alumni brunch…