I"ve just returned to Beijing after a five-week stint at home for Christmas. Of the many questions thrown at me by friends and family about the merits of living in the East, the most common by far was, "What do you miss most while you"re not living in the UK?" It was closely followed by, "Do they really eat dog there?" and "What does it taste like?" My standard answer to the "what do you miss" question-especially when asked by my mother-was "friends and family." This answer is true of course, but one hight as I was enjoying a combination of roast beef and bad British TV, it occurred to me that a far more pertinent question was, "When you"re at home, what do you miss about living in Beijing--are you looking forward to going back?"