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"Stand up," someone prodded me. There were dozens of people packed into the room, and those in the back wanted to see me, too. |
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"Waiguo ren, waiguo ren ("Foreign person, foreign person")," I heard the explanation being yelled to the dozens of people in the street who couldn't squeeze inside. |
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I looked at them looking at me, and I wondered what they saw. Did a child ever decide because of me to study English, to bicycle around the world, or across China? |
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I wanted to think so. I hoped that just as I was taking something with me when I left, I might also be leaving something behind. |