For years, whenever I spoke of or ate a lychee in front of my Chinese friends, they would always say, “Be careful! Lychees are very hot; you shouldn’t eat too many.” They didn’t mean that lychees are spicy to taste but …
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Yesterday, I received an email from a woman named Pepper Wu; last weekend, the receptionist who checked my family into a hotel in Macau answered to “Princess;” and not long ago, a shop clerk who waited on me called herself, “Cinderella.”
I assume it’s a legacy of Hong Kong’s status as a former English colony, but …
One of the biggest surprises a westerner encounters when moving to Hong Kong – or China – is the approach here toward honesty. Americans tend to answer questions such as, “How do I look?” with monosyllabic answers like, “Fine!” or “Great!” Hardly ever will you hear, as I have here, “Not …
