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The Great Sweet Swindle
And then the blow came: he explained that every day she told him the same thing in perfect Chinese: My mom’s a rich foreigner and she’ll pay you later for it
Don’t Kiss Your Horse
One dreads to imagine how many meetings have been ruined by a foreigner who intended to ask a client about a sale, only to fumble their words and imply that they wanted to buy a kiss
Gratuitous Behavior
China’s no-tipping culture proves that restaurants can function just fine, actually, better by not forcing customers to subsidize workers’ wages
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Ruff Rides
He let out a scream worthy of a castrato and shouted, “Your dog bit me!” I opened up Dickie’s jaws and wordlessly showed him that my dog had no teeth
Into the Bargains
As someone who grew up watching classic James Bond films, I can’t resist the allure of an “exploding pen” or a “laser watch”
Super Granny
The woman had boiled water for me, put it into a recycled glass jar with a lid, then traveled from her home to the airport with that precious gift to hand to me at 2 am. Note: She didn’t bring water for her son