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I remember once seeing a little girl dressed like a princess kick and scream at her mother and grandmother on the sidewalk over five years ago. I don’t know what she was shrieking about, but I remember her rage

If you put in even the tiniest bit of effort – I mean learning how to count isn’t very hard – the occurences of humiliation become rarer over the years and you might begin to feel less like a stark outsider and more just like a regular weirdo

If you put in even the tiniest bit of effort – I mean learning how to count isn’t very hard – the occurences of humiliation become rarer over the years and you might begin to feel less like a stark outsider and more just like a regular weirdo

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My in-laws sent us 10,000 yuan (US$1,403) and told me to buy a nice suit with it. This seems like a kind gesture but was not really – they are just trying to ensure I don’t humiliate them. Even though I live in the countryside and work as banjo player, it is important that I look like a banker

What started out as the odd food order here and the rate at-home service there soon spooled out into a semi-regular habit, and that’s how I ended up largely housebound – except for a brief trip to the gym and back

When you ask Shanghai natives and lifers who have spent years navigating the big city blues, everyone has their own way of making it through the madness