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1、OnChina’sdiversityEachtimeIgobacktoChina,IpreparemyselftohearstoriesofsurprisingwaysthatthecountryhaschangedsinceIwaslastthere.Ialsoexpecttohearequallysurprisingreportsofpersonaltransformations.Duringthemonthssincemypreviousvisit,aprofessorwhohadnointerestinbu
2、sinesswillhavebecomeanentrepreneur.AloyalbureaucratwithintheCommunistPartyYouthLeaguewillhaveturnedconsultanttoaninternationalcorporation.SomeonewhoconsideredallformsofreligionmeresuperstitionwillhavebecomeaferventBuddhistandthenadevoutChristian.Anearnestgradu
3、atestudentwhooncesaidthatavisittoHongKongwasprobablytheclosestthatshewouldevergettogoing“abroad”willnowregularlybetravelingtoEurope.ChinahasbecomewhattheUSfamouslywasacenturyago,alandofreinvention.Rags-to-richesstoriesareaspopulartherenowastheywerein9Americain
4、thedaysofHoratioAlger–andforsimilarreasons.IoftenfeelthatmanyofthepeopleIknowinChinahavelivedoutseveralliveswhileIhavebeenmakingmywaythroughjustthisone.ConsiderthecaseofalongtimefriendwhomIshallcallMsLiu.BeforeImetherin1986,herlifehadalreadygonethroughdramatic
5、twistsandturns.ShegrewupinShanghai,thechildofintel-lectuals,butwassenttothecountrysidetolearnfrompeasantslateintheCulturalRevolution.ShewasthentrainedasaRussian-languageteacher,onlytohavethatcareerderailedbythedominanceofEnglish-languagestudy.MsLiuwasreassigne
6、dtothewaiban(foreignaffairsunit)ofheruniversity,whereshetookcareofforeignteachersandstudents.Thatwouldbeenoughreversalsoffortunetoconstitutealifeofupsanddowns,butintheyearssince,shehascontinuedonaproteancourse.Byturns,MsLiuspentayearincentralEuropeasavisitings
7、cholar,workedasanannyinCalifornia,9andlivedforatimeprimarilyonwhatshemadeasaday-traderon Shanghai’snewstockexchange.Theshiftsinherbeliefs,ideologicalandspiritual,alsomarkchangesofthesortthatweintheWestmightexpecttoseeovergenerationsratherthanofonelife.Chinaisn
8、owaplacewhereidentitiescanbetakenonandshedwithsurprisingease,inwaysthatcanbeexcitingorexhausting,traumaticorconfusing,or,inmanycases,allofthosethingsatonce.BeyondthescriptThinkingo
