Valerie Sartor

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


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	Gateway to Faith: Inclusive or Exclusive? by Valerie Sartor Long ago, my mother taught me never to argue politics or religion, but she also did not condemn my healthy interest in these subjects. Learning to respect other people’s beliefs was part of my emotional educat
	Outsiders and Insiders by Valerie Sartor The territory of modern day China holds hundreds of different indigenous peoples, officially categorized into 55 minority groups. The dominant culture and group is the Han. Traditionally the Han have
	Family Matters by Valerie Sartor As an educator, I have found that work and education have priority over personal happiness for my Chinese students, both in China and abroad. Chinese students work extremely hard, keeping a serious mien, while American st

	Spirits and Exams by Valerie Sartor “Chinese mythology has many gods and spirits. One of the most enduring and popular of these gods is called Ho-Poor Ho-Shen, the Spirit of the River. Chinese ancients perceived him as a greedy god, because he often took a fancy to morta
	Outsiders and Insiders by Valerie Sartor Most Westerners don’t realize that China has hundreds of types Indigenous Peoples. Officially, the Chinese government classifies these unique peoples into only 55 “minority groups” because many of them have low population densiti
	About Face by Valerie Sartor
	Chinese Conversational Norms by Valerie Sartor
	Chinese Cinderella by Valerie Sartor Some of the world’s greatest inventions, ideas and concepts originated from China. Very few Westerners know, however that a beloved fairy tale - Cinderella – has been traced by scholars to the Zhuang people, a minority group that has l
	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,
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