我是从丽莎那里听到“中国人缺少拥抱”这句话的。那是在1994年秋天,我们几个中国妇女到维也纳参加欧洲地区妇女大会。丽莎是在美国福特基金会负责妇女事务的专员,我们两人住在一个房间。像许多美国人一样,丽莎做事很投入,一心扑在这次妇女大会上。一天晚上,她问我参加这样的妇女大会与中国国内有什么不同。我说这些来自不同国家的妇女刚见面就像久别的亲朋 I heard from Lisa “Chinese lack of hug ” this sentence. It was in the autumn of 1994 that several of our Chinese women came to Vienna to attend the European Regional Women’s Conference. Lisa is a commissioner for women’s affairs at the Ford Foundation in the United States, and both of us live in a room. Like many Americans, Lisa is committed to doing things and is bent on this women’s conference. One night she asked me what difference between attending such a women’s conference and China’s domestic situation. I said that these women from different countries have just met like long-lost relatives and friends