The City that Grew with Yu
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
In 24 years, Xiamen has transformed from a backwater to a metropolis. Foreign investors are invited, including businessmen from Taiwan, China's archenemy. The two-faced politics of the Chinese government.
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I ASKED her name, and she answered by uttering a word which caused her lips to purse.
"Yu?" I asked.
"Not `u', but the sound between `u' and `e'."
A foreign name to the ears, not easily pronounced. She repeated her name and once again her moist lips pursed. I tried to copy her in vain.
"Never mind, just call me Duty," she said. She laughed. Her head moved from right to left. Her slitted eyes instantly
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