A US visa officer thumbed through a passport and asked the 22-year-old man in front of her: "Why are you going to the United States?"
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) fashion was ultra cool. Deep-indigo silk robes, cobalt blue collars, horseshoe-shaped red hats with gemstones on top, rubies, pearls, jade, beads, and colorful bird insignias weaved into the coats.
While her friends paint or play mahjong, Zhou Qiangling, known as Madam Rose, enjoys on-line trysts and writing about them.
"Are you growing a mustache?" asked a Chinese friend. "Well, yes I am," I replied.
In the planned economy that dominated China for more than three decades since 1949, some viewed the creative arts as an indulgence that had little monetary worth.
While I've always been a big fan of The Simpsons, I never thought I'd one day get to appear in the show. And so far, I haven't.
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