Chapter 3: Reflections Along the Long River The emperor is the “son of heaven” and a father figure.

"As the ship sails down the river, one image of the landscape is followed by the next only to merge into a feeling, diffuse and sun-drenched, the way the chain of events in life forms your perception of yourself."
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Chapter 2: Change Money! Change Money! “No, I’m a street sweeper. I belong the fourth class of workers, but I am actually on the run,” he said and laughed while covering his mouth with his hand.

"It’s eight in the morning and it’s with shaky hands I write this. I’m having a European breakfast at the White Swan Hotel while watching the traffic on the Pearl River through the restaurant’s long panorama window." #novel #writing #travel #Chinajourney
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Chapter 1: Free Markets and Aching Feet There’s so much at stake, maybe a bit too much.

“Half an hour later I found myself in a small book café and tea house close to the Sheung Wan station. I scanned the section with English books about China and spotted two black and old-looking volumes called The Chinese Empire."
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