驻华八年，回望我身后的那个中国: 杰安迪

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杰安迪, 驻华八年，回望我身后的那个中国. 纽约时报中文网, Nov 30, 2015
cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20151130/c30jacobs/

, which is translated from

Andrew Jacobs, Notes on the China I’m Leaving Behind; Eight years of covering its patchwork progress. New York Times, Nov 29, 2015 (in the SundayReview section).

Note:
(a) patchwork (n): "something composed of miscellaneous or incongruous parts : HODGEPODGE"
beta.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patchwork
(b) "I GOT together at a restaurant the other night with some Chinese and expatriate friends. While bossa nova played in the background, we sipped French merlot"

bossa nova
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossa_nova
(section 1 Etymology)