A Tempered Heart: Valentine’s Days in a Chinese Odyssey

by Lizhi He (March 2016)

Part I: A Valentine’s Day in the US: No Enemy

Being a native Chinese, I had no knowledge of the Valentine’s Day until in February 1992 when I was visiting the US for the first time as a member of Chinese engineering team working on a project in northeast China. A Milwaukee-based company was the contracted equipment vendor for the project. The team was composed of a few engineers from different disciplines and a client representative who played the lead role for the group.  more>>>