Real Blondes Speak Chinese
April 19th 2010 Or: Life as a Laowai
Having blonde hair sets you up for a lot of things. For one, I could tell about a hundred "dumb-blonde" jokes by the time I was ten, because my friends never tired of relaying the latest to me. One thing I didn't expect, however, (ok halfway expected) was the way it would set me apart in China, for better and for worse.
I don't know where the "dumb-blon
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