Debbie Mason was my best friend in China. Here she works on a crossword at her old place in Beijing in 2002. Me and Lori at Halloween. October 2001	Lizi Hesling pours some tea in a hutong she rented in Beijing in 2001. Lou Ying, a Beida student who worked as my USA Today translator and later went to University of Maryland at College Park.
The lift lady at China Daily grins, as always. I don't think we ever knew her name.	Gentile Sarah Leach of Michigan cooks for Steve's Passover seder. April 2001
Shaun McKinnon and me at the Temple of Heaven on November 2001.	Fergus of Australia at the Halloween party. Paul and Steve after sleeping together (uhh, camping on the Wall!)
British couple Helen (far left) and Micky (in white) were the social center at China Daily for the first half of 2001	Katy Benner of Vermont. July 2001
Leon, formerly a gay People's Liberation Army soldier, figured out there was more money to be made promoting dance parties.	Marc Christopher leans on me during an all-night "rave" at the Great Wall. Read more about it by clicking here.