My husband Tom and I were just reminiscing about our trip to Hong Kong last year. If truth be told, I think about it often.It was a magical trip not only because I returned to a place I'd called home for much of my twenties (and a bit of my nineteenth year), but also because … [Read more...]
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When I lived in Hong Kong, I found myself in the midst of some surreal moments. Maybe not surreal for everyone, but definitely out of the ordinary for me.It all came back to me last year when I returned to Hong Kong for the first time in 14 years. (It was my husband Tom's … [Read more...]
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I came across the photo in my friend Megan's album from our first trip to China in 1988. It's definitely Shanghai, and it's definitely June 1988.But no one I've spoken with from that trip can remember where exactly it was taken. My first guess was the Peace Hotel--assuming … [Read more...]
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When I studied Mandarin in Hong Kong in the early 90s, there were two places in the territory to practice the language. One was a little enclave inhabited by former KMT officers. The other was an antiques street on Hong Kong Island. Look for the shops with the Mao busts, my … [Read more...]
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I think I'm a pretty cautious person when it comes to watching out for myself. But when I think back to the summer I traveled to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, I thank my lucky stars that I made it out of Moscow in one piece.It was a month before the fall of the USSR … [Read more...]