Alone in China
dated 2009-08-22 | posted in columns | topic Travel | permanent link
I’ve just returned from the most exciting six weeks of my life. I taught conversational English in Wuhan, China through the Teach for Friendship Foundation
( www.teachforfriendshipfoundation ) .The first Chinese I saw were six masked, hooded and white coated officials who entered the airplane minutes after we landed in Shanghai. They carried electrical instruments to take our temperatures, swiping our foreheads with red infrared rays. Fifteen m ...