On a warm August afternoon, at the end of summer 2002, I landed at Harbin’s airport. From the window on the Air China plane, the city looked gray, dusty, and somewhat tired after trying to survive the heat of the fading summer. I did not mind it. I was exited to be here again and looked forward to a pleasant and enjoyable time in this northern city, capital of Heilongjiang Province, China. I think that it was then that I found you again, my darling China, my dear Harbin. This story started, so I think, when I was a little boy - one that was blessed with high degree of imagination and curiosity. In a courtyard, adjacent to my parent’s house, I used to spend my childhood days playing inside a large cardboard box, transforming it
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