Pamela Pan, Ph.D.
What is special about friends we made when we were young? Things happen to threaten our bonds. Distance drives us apart. Time puts wrinkles on our faces and hearts. And yet, the closeness we feel, the comfort we derive, the love we bestow—they remain constant. Lin was one of those special friends I made…
It is a place for the rich and the poor, the adventurous and the timid, the entrepreneurial and the intellectual, the accomplished and the aspiring. It is Shanghai. I went there for college in 1985 and left the city in 1993 to come to the U.S. The city left an indelible mark on my being….