I moved to China nine days before the 2002 mid-Autumn Festival - the Mooncake Festival - and it’s been my favorite Chinese holiday ever since. But I’ll leave that story for another time. For now, suffice it to say that - in my years here,... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap
from Shanghai Scrap on Thu, Sep 11 2008
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