Swarms of pilgrims and tourists flocked to the Forbidden City on the Friday of National Day golden week. I must have stood out like a sucker.
Sometimes a little inspiration from unexpected sources can lead to a grand accomplishment. Back in the early 1970s, when Harvard doctorate student Pedro Nueno began learning about the work of one of the school's renowned professors, Frank Folts, he never would have guessed it would lead to a long and fruitful relationship with China.
Take out medical insurance policy and learn what the plan covers and whether evacuation or repatriation are covered. Figure out payment options, such as whether you have to speak directly with the insurance company, before or after treatment, whether you have to pay first and get reimbursed later. SOS International coverage for US expats starts at $1,080 per year with an emergency coverage.
A Beijing-based expatriate who becomes severely ill in Singapore may be diagnosed, treated and released after a short visit to a local doctor. On the other hand, if the person suffers chest pains in a hotel room in Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China, his prognosis may hang in the balance - unless he or she knows the right number to call.
As a solicitor with a large London law firm, Briton Sarah Cooper dreaded joining the gray-suited rat race for the daily office commute. She switched from the legal profession to working in the charity sector, but still felt something was missing.
Wing nut, gibberer and flip are words many Australians would use to describe the young man whose drunken behavior in a Beijing bar last Saturday night did his country a disservice.
During one sunny spring day, 76-year-old Zeng Zhaokai did something ordinary. The farmer who lived in Xiaoli Town of Jinan, East China's Shandong Province, visited his mother's house after he got up. His mother, Guo Zenglan, 106 years old, cannot bend her arms, so every morning Zeng washes her face and combs her hair.
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