All generalizations about China are false:including this one. This book is about how I started out for Australia but ended up on a 3-decade adventure in China. We've witnessed unprecedented changes in China. In some small ways, we've even participated in these changes.
作者簡(jiǎn)介
William N. Brown, the first American to receive Permanent Residence in Fujian Province after Reform and Opening-up. In 1988, he moved with his family to Xiamen where he taught MBA courses for the past 30 years. In 1993, he was awarded “Friendship Award”.
圖書(shū)目錄
Chapter 1 Getting Oriented (1988)
1 Detour From Australia 2 2 “Jade Islands” 6 3 China Our Matchmaker 11 4 Slow Boat to Amoy 17
Chapter 2 XiamenUniversityHolidayVillage (09/1988 to 01/1989)
5 Student Life at Holiday Inn 26 6 Iceboxer Rebellion 31 7 Cafeteria Wars 35 8 TVs and Toast 39 9 Half the Sky 45 10 Room Service 49 11 Wheels in Amoy 52 12 Vanilla in the Paint Store 55 13 Going Postal 61 14 Beauty and the Beach 64 15 Well Seasoned Greetings 66
Chapter 3 MBA & XMU Foreign Experts Guesthouse (01/1989 to 03/1990)
16 China’s First MBA! 70 17 Good Morning, China! 76 18 Payday 79 19 Chinese New Year – Live Long and Prosper 85 20 My Chinese New Year Prisoner 91 21 No Books, No Class! 94 22 Body Spaces 99 23 Amoy’s Most Festive Holiday 102 24 Talking Turkey (Chinese Thanksgiving) 106 25 Merry Amoy Christmas 109
Chapter 4 Lingfeng – Little House on the Hilltop (03/1990 to 12/1993)
26 Lingfeng – Little House on the Hilltop 116 27 Turning the Tea Table 120 28 These Are the Magi – Gift-giving in China 123 29 Flowers on Horseback 128 30 Happy Holidays 132 31 The Tao of Tea 136 32 Gulangyu – Richest Square Mile on Earth 139 33 Amoy Taboos 143 34 When Silence Is Not Golden 146 35 Fujian’s 1st Foreign Green Card 152 36 I Voted ! (Mountains High, Emperor Far Away) 156 37 Friendship Award 160 38 Foreign Devils and Friends 164
Chapter 5 Exploring China and Amoy People (10/1994 to Present)
39 Around China in 80 Days (Ⅰ) 170 40 Around China in 80 Days (Ⅱ) 176 41 Millionaire Maid 182 42 Amoy Captures the Dutch! 190 43 Y2K End of the Road? 195 44 Our Made in China Marriage : 20 years! 201 45 Xiamen Wins the “Green Oscar” 204 46 Robin Fei Fei – The Best Student I Never Had 207 47 Flowers on Horseback, Dismounting the Tiger 210