by Nancy Pine | Feb 16, 2023 | Blog
Stephanie Yang of the Los Angeles Times has followed up with younger professionals in China who are beginning to leave their high status, high pressure positions, move out of the urban area and seek a less prescribed lifestyle. The cause is far more than Covid...
by Nancy Pine | Dec 2, 2022 | Blog
A remarkable event occurred this year when Adam Foster received a personal letter from the president of China, Xi Jinping. As chair of the Helen Foster Snow Foundation in Utah and great-nephew of Helen Snow, Adam had written Xi emphasizing the importance of creating...
by Nancy Pine | Jul 5, 2022 | Blog
Writer and thinker, Peter Hessler, probes the complex Chinese censorship that recently led to cancellation of his visa to teach in China. For over 20 years, he has written about his in-depth experiences in China beginning with a Peace Corps assignment in the middle of...
by Nancy Pine | Jun 14, 2022 | Blog
The slanting afternoon sun cast sharp shadows as An Wei, the host of a rural Chinese teaching project I had joined, showed us the caves where An Shang villagers lived 20 years before. “This is where I visited my uncle’s family in their cave,” he said, leading us into...
by Nancy Pine | Feb 16, 2022 | Blog
I am not an opera lover, but weeks saturated in it in the poor Chinese village of An Shang captured my emotions and helped me to appreciate it a bit more. One night, villagers gathered in a courtyard to welcome visitors. At the urging of those around her, one woman...
