Yalies in China
or Yale in China? Isolation vs. Immersion
BEIJING — Closely guarding an answer sheet and a half-eaten cheeseburger, Katie Planey ’09 cranes her neck as if to lift above the bar din — European accents discussing European football, Chinese mouths garbling “mojito” — to hear what’s next:
“All right, kids,” an American accent says, “Question seven is ‘Name the northernmost province in China.’ ”
Planey’s hand gyrates over the paper while her seven teammates whisper into her ear. Suspiciously eyeing the surrounding teams at Lush — a noisy I-banker watering hole — tonight’s Yale configuration returns to protect last...
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