When Lindsay Jernigan, an American expat in China, noticed how often Chinese professionals had — for lack of a better term — "stripper" names like Candy and Cherry, she wanted to find a way to help ...
It's common for Chinese to take an English nickname. Chen Yinge and Wang Jing go by "Ellen" and "Jean." Zhou Peng goes by "Vic." "Everyone has one at work," she said. But many nicknames don't exactly ...