Valerie Sartor

Valerie Sartor is currently a journalist and an editor for the Chinese government in Beijing.


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	Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder by Valerie Sartor I was just home in the US on a short vacation. I stood in line at my favorite grocery store and was somewhat startled when the pretty, young female cashier grinned at me. Both of her ears were pierced, adorned with big, black button like things; h
	The Art of Guanxi, Final Chapter: On Guanxi Going Global by Valerie Sartor Chinese people are no strangers to the concept of networks and networking. For thousands of years, Confucian ethics have promoted strong bonds of loyalty, affection and obligation between people. The terms renqing (literally,
	The Art of Guanxi, Part V: The Graceful and the Seedy by Valerie Sartor Guanxi is not universally distributed across Chinese society. Different types of people, different social classes and even different genders employ guanxi uniquely. Nevertheless, guanxi tactics are prevalent and common in ever

	The Art of Guanxi, Part IV: Politicizing Relationships by Valerie Sartor Although popular culture in China often denounces guanxi, it also encourages and teaches guanxi tactics. Everyone does it, so one must not be left out.
	The Art of Guanxi, Part III: Relationships in So Many Words by Valerie Sartor Guanxi vocabulary contains both semantic meaning and moral connotations. For example, a guanxiwang is a person’s guanxi network; it can be large or small, among friends in various social classes and jobs,
	The Art of Guanxi, Part II: Understanding Relationships by Valerie Sartor No single definition for the complex notion of guanxi exists.
	The Art of Guanxi, Part I: The Making of Modern Chinese Relationships by Valerie Sartor Guanxi – the art of social relationships - is a unique Chinese phenomenon that dates back to ancient times, but still is in full force in modern China.
	God's Country by Valerie Sartor "You get pretty grubby trekking around for a few weeks, but boy, it was the experience of my life," a chubby, middle-aged Dutch woman said, smiling. "My husband and I went out into the steppe with 3 younger people, one American and
	On Being Mystical and Mad in Mongolia by Valerie Sartor On June 26 at 7:30 PM Mr. James Palmer, a youthful but quite knowledgeable historian, gave a talk at The Beijing Bookworm about his first and already highly acclaimed book: The Bloody White Baron. Mr. Palmer is a curi
	La Vie Sucre: Beijing's Top Pastry Chef by Valerie Sartor Phillipe Ancelet sat down in a booth at his East Lake shop and grumbled good-naturedly: “I’m past my prime”. He raised his huge shoulders and gave an abashed shrug. Clearly he wasn’t the coy type – yet at 52 this robu
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