It's one of those places you can never quite see enough of it, it's vast. For the Chinese it's very odd for people to travel alone so I often get picked up by families and couples. You learn a lot from what people don't tell you. (Madeleine Thien)

It's one of those places you can never quite see enough of it, it's vast. For the Chinese it's very odd for people to travel alone so I often get picked up by families and couples. You learn a lot from what people don't tell you.

Madeleine Thien

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