Why did I come to China? That‘s such an easy question for me to answer yet many of my friends wonder why I would want to go to China. They feel that there is poverty everywhere, with much pollution and all streets being crowded with cars, people, and bicycles and garbage anywhere you look. I have found China to be nothing like the country as imagined by my friends. The single most striking and pleasing feature of the country is the people. They are so warm and friendly. I would walk a hundred miles just to see one of those beautiful smiles that I encounter everywhere that I go. And those bright eyes! They put a smile in my heart. It is no wonder I am so happy! As I bicycle, walk and bus around my
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