内容简介

mostly recoganized as Chinese-American journalist,Growing up in US to her Taiwan-born parents.

the author admits feeling alienated from her heritage when she first moved to China in 2000.Started as a graduate trained in an American journalism school, she eventually became the food editor at TimeOut Beijing.

now living and working in Shanghai and Beijing.

作者简介

mostly recoganized as Chinese-American journalist,Growing up in US to her Taiwan-born parents.

the author admits feeling alienated from her heritage when she first moved to China in 2000.Started as a graduate trained in an American journalism school, she eventually became the food editor at TimeOut Beijing.

now living and working in Shanghai and Beijing.

精彩摘录

中国记者大驾光临之前，总会先通知餐馆，而且从来不需要付餐费。如果食物不怎么样，他们就描写就餐环境。（有位记者愉快地告诉我，通常食物越差，环境越好。）免费享用了一顿大餐之后，店家往往还会奉上“红包”，就是在信封里装上现金，以确保记者写出的文章是积极正面的。为了确保安全，店家还会跟出版人和主编套近乎（方法当然是请人家吃饭啦），这样一来，他们便可以在文章刊出之前先做一番手脚。有的时候，手脚做的更明目张胆，说是评论，其实和拿钱买广告没有两样，就差白纸黑字承认了。报纸杂志的道德界限也相当模糊，人们重视“关系”更甚公开。餐馆和记者各得其所：记者饱了口福，餐馆生意兴隆。

——引自第103页

“我那时19岁，激动得不得了。可后来，我慢慢意识到，这股激动的情绪并非发自内心，而是受到周围的人的感染，”他说，“我周围的人都激动极了，我也一样。”王主任并不认为自己是红卫兵，红卫兵来自非知识分子、非地主阶级和非官僚家庭，是家庭成分好的孩子松散组织的队伍，四处摧毁庙宇、书籍、乐器和其他一切被认为是“资产阶级”的物品。红卫兵有时会分派系，彼此打斗。学生们不拿工资，而是领公分。男生一天挣十个工分，女生一天挣八个。一年下来，当所有的棉花、小麦和其他粮食被卖掉之后，村民便和生产大队分享卖粮收入所得。“一公分大约能折合一分钱，我劳动一整天挣到的钱可以买一张邮票。”

——引自第61页