http://beijingcream.com/2012/12/cancelled-an-expat-christmas-no-7/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://beijingcream.com/2012/12/cancelled-an-expat-christmas-no-7/#comment-215372 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 02:49:51 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=8480#comment-215372 I hope you write more!

]]> http://beijingcream.com/2012/12/cancelled-an-expat-christmas-no-7/#comment-215340 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:25:04 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=8480#comment-215340 This was great—probably the best of the series (although the Beijing bodybuilder dispatch runs a very close second). You’ve got a real knack for words. Keep writing.

]]> http://beijingcream.com/2012/12/cancelled-an-expat-christmas-no-7/#comment-215332 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:52:17 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=8480#comment-215332 Hey Peter, thanks. The car accident was just that; no personal vendettas involved. Our school is trying to pick up the pieces, especially given the victim’s connection to the community. Happy holidays.

]]> http://beijingcream.com/2012/12/cancelled-an-expat-christmas-no-7/#comment-215331 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:32:58 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=8480#comment-215331 Excellent piece and very moving. I speak pathetic Chinese and was especially taken with your description of trying to translate carols.
Just a question, though. Car accidents, fatalties, etc. What were the circumstances behind the one that wrecked your Christmas? Just bad fate or something like unpaid wages?

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