Sat in the corner of Starbucks, I am surrounded by multiple small business meetings. MacBook Airs are the laptop of choice and the dominant language is English. I’m not in London, I’m in Beijing.
Two weeks into my fifth visit (a vacation), I find myself thinking back over what I have observed and wondering what I have learned about China. Relatively speaking, I’m a China newbie: I can barely speak the language and I have yet to take the plunge and work here, but already some things are starting to feel vaguely familiar. It doesn’t take long though before any illusion of familiarity is shattered in a way that is only possible in China.
Recent Comments