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...nonexistent. So prevalent are mistresses today that the central government requires officials to report their extramarital affairs to the state. In megacities like Shanghai and Guangzhou, certain neighborhoods have been dubbed "concubine villages" for the pampered inamorata living in them. "Generally, having more freedom is a good thing," says Shu Xin, a former advice columnist who now runs a private marriage-counseling service in Shanghai. "But freedom can mean temptation, and most Chinese men cannot resist having affairs...
...nationwide, 441,000 fewer than in 2004. Those that do get hitched aren't shy about specifying exactly what they want. "For young women in Shanghai, one of their main requirements in marriage is a man who has his own apartment, car and some savings," says marriage counselor Shu. But a fat bank account alone doesn't ensure a happy marriage. "In China today, materialism is being pursued at the expense of traditional values like love," frets Xia Xueluan, a sociologist at Peking University. "With conditions like these, I see the divorce rate climbing for several years to come." That...
...green tea. There is no dawn ceremony but private meditation sessions can be arranged. RENGEJO-IN: This beautiful temple, tel: (81-73) 656 2233, is located atop Mount Koya - a place of pilgrimage for over a thousand years, home to Japan's oldest Buddhist sect (the Shingon-shu) and a World Heritage Site. You can reach it via a 90-minute train ride from Osaka, followed by a cable-car ascent. The 48-room shukubo is famous for its tofu and lavish temple altar. Meditation is held twice daily with instruction in English and Japanese. "The time it takes...
...House are Kristian J. Bergen, Robert L. Cohen, Christine S. Y. Kim, Om L. Lala, and Anica C. Law.Leverett House had the most Hoopes this year with ten winners: Luke M. Appling, Stephen Y.M. Fan, Elizabeth W. Green, Jessica J. Kim, Shih E. Lu, Julian M. Rose, Lisa L. Shu, Kelly Shue, Daniel B. Williams, and Emily C. Zazulia, and Lowell House also has a strong showing in Maggie Cao, Caitlin A. Donovan, Oscar Hernandez, Elizabeth M. McMillen, Sandra L.C. Wong, and Xiaolong Zhou.Mather House had nine successful applicants: Hana R. Alberts, Shelly S. Choo, Azzurra S. Cox, Johnhenry...
...many are now working in China, suffice to say there are so many that they tend to lump one another into an alphabet soup of classifications. There are: ABCs (American-born Chinese); NCAs (native Chinese Americans-those born in Taiwan, Hong Kong or elsewhere in the diaspora); and even, Shu jokes, "ABAs-Americans born in America, who just happen to be Chinese." They all come to China for obvious reasons: cultural familiarity, language skills, personal connections through friends or relatives...