On 14 December 2006, I joined the New Members Cocktail at Eudora Station (near Lido Hotel), American Chamber in Beijing. Nice opportunity to meet people but I felt sorry for the girls of the ISB Middle School Girl Chorus who were performing with enthusiasm some seasonal songs – the majority of the expat crowd ignored them by chatting loudly. Rude behavior seems not limited to “local Chinese”. I think I was one of the few paying attention (and shutting up).
Pity because the girls did a great job and were charming.