To foreigners who live in China, do you think that China is another home to you besides your home nation?
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1 :
I don't think this question relates to me but I did live in Tianjin, China while i studied there, and i consider it my 3rd home. I was born in Chicago and I now live in Wisconsin, and after being in China, I feel it is a home a want to go back to one day.
2 :
Yes, after I spent 4 straight years in China I realized it had become my adopted homeland. I love it very much and even pubished a book about it as my tribute to the Chinese: Sincerely, Tom Carter author, CHINA: Portrait of a People http://www.blacksmithbooks.com/9789889979942.htm http://www.tomcarter.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj1tqIg1SBU
3 :
Well I lived in my hometown for like 20ish years, then I moved to Reading, UK for 3, then Lancaster/Preston for a year, then Newcastle, UK for 7 years and have been living here for like almost 3 years now. I consider all those places my home, but I consider my home town my first home. Newcastle my second and maybe China my third.
4 :
Well, I know that during the Olympics, once the U.S. was out of the running I would root for China, no question. I used to root for Canada, or other English speaking countries after we dropped out. I've definitely come away with a deep affection for the culture and the people. Anyway, I'd consider my CITY a second (or maybe 3rd) home, but probably not China as a whole. I've been in nearly every region of the country and the southwest is so radically different from the northeast, or the south, or central China, etc. Each region, even each city, has it's own distinct character. But I definitely hope to get a job that can give me the opportunity to live in the PRC again. I'm a huge fan. I don't know enough of the language yet to be perfectly at home here though, especially since I live in a city with maybe 6 foreigners (out of a total population of 6,000,000).
5 :
Nope. I lived in Shenyang 2004-2005 and it definitely wasn't a home. Not only was I treated like a stranger, even after living there a long time, but I was continually stared at on the street and in shops. Chinese people can be very friendly if they want something from you, but otherwise, I found them mostly to be rude and uncouth.
6 :
it's not what i _think_, it's what i _feel_ :)
7 :
no
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