A fish out of water in China
Chinese translation | General interest
Sunday, July 27, 2008
By Thomas Lee
"You are never going to feel less Chinesey than when you are in China," my co-worker told me.
I had two immediate reactions to this. One: Was "Chinesey" an actual word? Two: She was probably right.
She offered the above comment after learning I'd won a fellowship to China. We are both of Chinese ancestry but were born and raised in another country.