It’s a rainy day in Kunshan,
not exactly ideal conditions for watching the solar eclipse that supposedly
occurs today. And so I retreat,
for the third time since waking up, back to the billowy comforts of my hotel
bed. I realize how glad I am to
have this hotel room, a small haven away from the (at times) shockingly public
streets of China.
I remember seeing my first
half naked child at the local grocery store defecating into a nearby trashcan,
and wonderin...
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