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From Laowai To Canadian

June 7, 2007 – 3:13 am | 22 Comments | 323 Read this

This sum­mer 2001 is hot and humid. The typhoon sea­son is in full swing and some days, I can’t even leave the 32nd floor of the build­ing where I live. The whole island is reg­u­larly swept by strong winds and pour­ing rain. I live in Hum Hong, about twenty min­utes from my office in Tsim Shat Shui. When the rain isn’t too strong, I still make my way to the office, know­ing that my co-worker will oth­er­wise make fun of me.

Funny, How ?

May 21, 2007 – 10:00 pm | 15 Comments | 170 Read this

We were three friends sit at a small wob­bly wooden table, set half on the side­walk, half on the curb side of the dusty road. We just came back from a bar where my roommate’s Chi­nese boyfriend was per­form­ing and we were starv­ing, crav­ing for a plat­ter of jiaozi. It was a hot and humid night in Nan­jing, China.

中国 - 一个神秘的国家吗?

April 18, 2007 – 2:22 am | 8 Comments | 257 Read this
中国 - 一个神秘的国家吗?

过去,在很多西方人看来,中国人民共和国是一个很神秘的国家。的部分的法国人觉得中国很远,我也想永远不会有机会去。然而,我的思想发生了很大的变化。确实,随着中国改革开放政策的推行,去中国旅行发展实业讲学的西方人一天比一天多了。
我一九九九年单独去了中国。去中国旅行以前,虽然我一直有旅行的习惯,但是大家还对我说我非要注意不可。在中学期间,我不但学习说汉语,写汉字,而且关于中国人 的思想我了解了很多。我离开法国的时候,我就不怕,但我的脑海里仍有太多的偏见。
到中国的时候,我的偏见发生了很大的变化。我在大学里遇见了很多中国学生,他们都很热情。我们天天成群结队上饭馆,谈论着吃饭。谁能说中国是难以进入的国家? 中国人对西方国家很感兴趣,如果我们对中国也有兴趣,他们便会热情地欢迎我们。
并且,除了提高中文口语水平以外,这次中国之行还有另一些好处。例如,我有机会遇见了好些喜欢旅行的人。他们从不同的地方来,有的从美国,有的从非洲,有的从欧洲,他们都想遇见别的人。他们的旅行目的也不同:有些想出国找工作,有些是留学生,他们有了解不同文化的习惯。总之,这个旅行对我有很多好处。我回法国来的时候,我就明白了现在中国很开放,现化,并且我汉语说得越来越好。
看来,去中国起来非常重要的作用。出国留学果然使我增长了知识,同时也使我开放了眼界。

See China Right In Front Of You

November 30, 2006 – 9:57 pm | 2 Comments | 281 Read this

Sure, times have changed, most of the world isn’t try­ing to defeat com­mu­nism any­more, since it pretty much killed itself. Sure, China wasn’t tar­geted as the lat­est “Axis of Evil”. Sure, China hasn’t been accused of fos­ter­ing ter­ror­ist — so far — and no report has been made about imag­i­nary “weapons of mass destruc­tion” hid­den some­where between the Huanghe and the Changjiang.