This is part of a Columbia News series, titled Postcards, which invites members of the Columbia community who are living and teaching or studying abroad to send us updates on where they are, what they miss about not being on campus, and how they are making the most of their situation during this global pandemic.
Greetings from Shanghai, where I have been working remotely this fall term.
I wish I were on Columbia’s campus. I’m eager to spot the owl on the statue of Alma Mater. I thought I would be disappointed to not be there in person, but I want to share with you some silver linings.
I am originally from a small city in northeastern China, but I have been living in Shanghai for ten years, and most of that time I have been shackled to a desk inside of an office building. Studying law from afar has given me the opportunity to rediscover this great metropolis, the New York City of China.