Stories from My Chinese Journey is a collection of stories about Mark Levine’s experiences living, working and traveling in China. He started out in Huai’an, Jiangsu Province, teaching English in 2005 and then came to Beijing. He fell in love with China and has never left. First he began to write songs and sing them along with his guitar. Then he began to write to friends about what he was experiencing, and they saw his stories as helpful to a wider range of people wanting to understand the people of China.
He went out of his way to learn about the lives of his students and befriend local officials. He wanted to understand the Chinese perspective. His stories will give those readers who are curious but still unfamiliar with China a way to appreciate how people here live their lives and perhaps, like Dr. Levine, glean their own insights about the Chinese people.
From how to get a driver’s license if you don't speak Chinese and how to get on the Chinese version of American Idol, to expat movie extras, Chinese wedding rituals and a real look at Chinese New Year in the countryside, Dr. Levine shows us the value of friendship in China and the perseverance of the country’s young people, who are on journeys of their own.
Mark Levine was born in Los Angeles to a post-Holocaust American Jewish family. After getting a Ph.D. in sociology, he volunteered full time at organizations for low-income workers. Dr. Levine did this in many communities across the United States for nearly 30 years.
His first memory related to China is his parents telling him not to waste food because many children in China were starving. His second memory is from the 1970s, when China opened and he saw an interview with a Chinese woman. Asked what she considered her husband’s best feature, she said it was his political ideology. At the time it seemed a strange thing for her to say.
Dr. Levine came to China as an English teacher in 2005. He has visited 20 provinces and been to villages, towns and cities large and small. As a lecturer, singer and tourist as well as a speaking and debating coach, he has met students, faculty and administrators from close to 200 universities. He has also met people of all ages and from most of China’s 56 ethnic groups.
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IntroductionChapter One:Huai'an My Welcome to China My Students' Castles in the Air Huai'an Office of International Relations My First Trip out of HuM'an to Huaguoshan Getting a Chinese Driver's LicenseChapter Two:Teaching English in Beijing At Minzu University of China Teaching at Beijing Dance Academy I Love English.I Would Die for English! Issues in English Education ClassmatesChapter Three:Life in China Fu Han Spring Festival in the Countryside Love, Marriage and Parents Chinese Weddings Names Do You Like Chinese Food? Number 5! Acting in ChinaChapter Four:Honoring the Past and the Future Israel Epstein and Huang Wanbi They Helped to Build New China Huai'an -- Promise of the Future The Chinese DreamAppendixSongs Written by Mark Levine
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