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aloha means hello and goodbye

Not sure what to announce here: the fact that I’m leaving China … or the fact that I’m coming back.

I’m leaving in five days. I’m coming back in three months. I have signed another one-year contract to teach at Shanghai University.

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05.28.2003, 3:46 PM · Summer Tour 2003 · Comments (3)

blues in the city

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I learned early in my Shanghai stay never to leave home without my camera. If you wait until tomorrow to photograph what you see today, you usually get screwed — because what you saw yesterday very well could have been bulldozed overnight. This city is under construction.

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05.28.2003, 2:17 PM · Observations, Politics