by JENNIFER CHANG, creator
J. Chang left the North American continent for the first time in July and returned at the end of August, just a bit worldlier. There are excerpts from her journal documenting observations on the other side of the world.
We had lunch, naturally, in the large Chinese restaurant, with the waitress standing beside our table the entire time, topping off our tea the instant it was drained from our cups. I made a connection between her, the driver, and the uniformed guards that I saw standing dutifully at the entrance to all the apartments and offices I had visited that day. Chinese people seem to perform duties with a noticeable greater level of pride and dignity than Americans generally do, or perhaps it just looks that way to the untrained eye. In the days to come – I made a mental note – I’d look for signs that people here hated their crappy jobs as much as the folks back home did.
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