Both kids fell asleep on the way home. I paid the taxi driver, carried them both upstairs (only one flight) and put them to bed. I was dripping wet with sweat, so I got in the shower. When I got out, Xiao Qing was standing near the bathroom door. I was stark naked and someone was pounding on my door screaming something that sounded like POLICE in Chinese.

I dried off quickly while shouting "wait" in Chinese......I dressed in a house dress, still pretty wet, and opened the door. Yep, the police, someone thought I was abducting Xiao Qing or something and called them.

Political reform and discussion thereof are essentially issues of the last twenty years. But the core duty of political reform—the establishment of a constitutional democracy—has not achieved any breakthrough progress. Why is the democratization of China so difficult?

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Thin Crisp Seaweed

This is the stuff that goes around sushi. Before it comes into contact with rice, though, it's nice and crisp. If the Chinese don't have sushi, what do they do with this stuff?

[John:]This stuff is great! It's like
the cookie dough of sushi or something.
I think you're supposed to eat it
with rice. Oh well.

[Wilson:]Reminds me of sushi
without the "sushi."