After I dropped some cash in the import grocery store (I was buying Festivus supplies) and refused to buy one of their reusable bags because I had brought my own, I sauntered over to Starbucks to get on my tiny, Apple laptop and use the free wi-fi internet. Halfway between the grocery store and the vanilla latte I realized I might have become one of "those people."


I am an expat. I'm someone who lives in China not as a Chinese person, but as someone who lives around Chinese people on their home turf. It's a different thing altogether.


I like going to this section of town called Jianwai SoHo. It makes me feel like I'm exploring my own little section of this big ol' city. It's the only well-planned area I've seen thus far.

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