by Luz M. Sanchis | Jun 2, 2022 | Home Away From Home 2, News and events
The contours of chance (My story of 缘分 with China) By Violeta Nadurille Violeta wrote this story also in Spanish. Choose “Spanish” on the scroll-down menu above. There is, in Chinese, a concept called yuánfèn (缘分). It refers to the belief that there are...
by Luz M. Sanchis | Jun 1, 2022 | Home Away From Home 2
Neighborly. By Paige Kuhn It was a hot, summer day in 2015, and I’d hardly been in China for more than a couple of months. I was walking up to my apartment building during a break between classes when a woman shouted at me from the stairway of my six-floor walkup....
by Luz M. Sanchis | Jun 1, 2022 | Blog, News and events
Last Saturday, Master Translations sponsored a cultural exchange activity organized by Xiamen Science and Technology Bureau’s and Yundang Sub-district’s Foreign Professionals Service Center Guanren Branch. The event evolved around the Dragon Boat Festival and welcomed...
by Luz M. Sanchis | May 26, 2022 | Blog, Home Away From Home 2
My Time in China: Redefining Home by Mea Andrews Hello everyone, I’m Mea Andrews and I’m an American living and working in Beijing. I just moved here from Chongqing, and I had been living there since 2017. I came to China for the same reasons I think most of...
by Luz M. Sanchis | May 24, 2022 | Blog, Home Away From Home 2
“F**k, I’m American” by Joanne Ko Sure, culture shock happens on both sides of a shore. “Never go to China! You have no idea how dangerous China is. Promise me...
