Chi Newman
Chi Newman is an author living in Tucson, Arizona. Her book,"Farewell, My Beijing: The long journey from China to Tucson," tells her fascinating life story that began as a child of a diplomat in China. Along with her twin sister, Chi was forced from her comfortable lifestyle in order to escape Mao's communist rebel army. Starting with a bare subsistence lifestyle in Taiwan, her language skills led to her finding work in several international embassies. After she married a member of the U.S. diplomatic service, she moved to several different countries with him as he received his assignments. As a result, she effectively spent much of her life as world traveler. Being an expert on all things Chinese, she now offers our readers educational articles about Asian culture and food as she shares stories from her past and her travels throughout the world. Chi also enjoys sharing her unique view of world events with our readers. She loves to cook, socialize, travel and play bridge with her friends. Discover more about Chi by visiting her personal website at Chi-Newman.com.
Editor’s Note: Chi Newman is a frequent contributor to Just One Opinion. She is our expert on all things Asian, especially Chinese food and culture, because she was born and raised there. Chi wrote this article for her
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Editor’s Note: As Bob and Claire Rogers continue their amazing cycling trip, our attention has been focused on all things “Asian.” Chi Newman offered to let us publish this adaptation of her article that describes her recent trip
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In China when somebody says, “Thank you,” (Hsieh, Hsieh) the answer is, “Bu Yao Keh Chi,” which means, “Don’t put on the air of a guest.”
As a child, I remember my parents always giving or going to dinner… Read the rest
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My twin sister, Lu, and I were thirteen years old when we left behind everybody we loved and everything we owned in Beijing, China. At 4 AM one cold November morning, we were awakened by my father, my mother,… Read the rest
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Editor’s Note: This article was first published at Chi-Newman.com on April 4, 2009. Chi has been nice enough to share it with our readers. I think you will chuckle a bit as you learn the difficulties
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Editor’s Note: This article was first published on March 14, 2009 on Chi Newman’s own website, www.Chi-Newman.com. We are very pleased to reprint it here for the enjoyment of our own readers. Chi invites everyone to
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Unlike words in the English language, Chinese words are not spelled with letters representing spoken sounds. Instead each word is written as a character that represents an idea.
By combining various characters, the writer can express different ideas.… Read the rest
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China is a vast country in Asia, bordering the Pacific Ocean. Many of China’s largest cities are along the east coast, where the land is low and flat, and easy to plant rice in the paddies, rice being… Read the rest
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CHI NEWMAN’s book, Farewell, My Beijing: The long journey from China to Tucson tells her fascinating life story. She shares her experiences and her unique view of world events with our readers. Discover more about this most interesting world… Read the rest
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on December 20, 2008, but since today (January 26, 2009) is, after all, Chinese New Year, I’ve decided – in my almighty power as “Editor” – to move it back to
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