Before meeting his American-born fiancee, Qu Zheng's sole contact with foreigners was having his photo taken with a tourist he once encountered on the Great Wall. The 42-year-old Beijinger does not speak any English, but says he could understand everything his wife-to-be Elizabeth Winkelman said from the first moment they were together.
Up until Gerhild Hornbanger's 30th birthday, the Austrian woman had been living in her "safe, nice little place with high mountains, blue sky, fresh air and wealthy people".
On a winter day in 1945, at age 31, John Roderick - or Lo Teli - as Mao Zedong used to call him, arrived at the headquarters of China's communists in Yan'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
Beijing's new subway line is absolutely sensational, but the attitude of some commuters needs serious overhauling. Young women are being groped, and old ladies are being forced to stand. What a disgrace.
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.
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