expat

www.gochengdoo.com — Marion Chaygneaud-Dupuy, 30, from France, has spent the last decade in Lhasa after a trip in her teens had a profound impact ("I decided I wanted to study Buddhism in Asia, and I asked my parents when I was 16, and they said, "OK, but you can leave when you're 18, so I [did]").

www.lostlaowai.com — Jack finished his last class and coming out the door he lit his first cigarette of the day. At his apartment door, Jack crushed his fourth cigarette and took the fifth inside. He checked his phone messages. Then he stepped back out and lit number six and headed to McDonald's.

laorencha.blogspot.com — Months ago I received the usual monthly e-mail newsletter from an organization I subscribe to. This newsletter often features articles, essays and stories from subscribers who have just moved abroad.

I scanned the one that was featured that month. The first line read: “A friend and I used to have a theory – that if you live abroad, you are either running from something or running to something.”

gochengdoo.com — What's it like to be a foreigner in China if you're a kid? We asked our readers to let us interview their kids, both little and big—and they did. What did we learn? The biggest difference between China and everywhere else is the weather.

newdynasty.com.cn — Charlie is a fellow China expat who currently lives in Chengdu. He's lived in China for more than 5 years and is an independent freelance DJ (Check out www.justcharlie.com and the website for his monthly party in Chengdu (called DISCO DEATH) www.discodeath.net) and Web Developer.