I very much enjoyed this article in the Times about a Chinese family moving from Hubei to Baghdad to open a Chinese restaurant. Their fearless bravery and pioneering spirit is one of the few bright stories to emerge from Iraq, and (stereo)typically Chinese in its character.
I hoped to follow up at China Daily (what possessed them in the first place!?) but upon phoning the Chinese embassy in Iraq, my colleague was told the family had been ordered back to China, nicely shifting from one stereotype to another. Apparently, talking to the media had fostered the impression Baghdad was a prime location for new businesses and the authorities feared an influx of wok-wielding restaurateurs in the Iraqi capital.
Oh well, it was a good effort and at least they're alive.
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