My first Spring Festival in China,10 years ago,was spent in the island province of Hainan,where I had lived the previous year—my first in China.I had arrived in Hainan with no great knowledge of the country or its customs,able to speak only a few common words.The agricultural university where I taught was itself basically a rural village,which was both fascinating and frustrating I faced a steep learning curve and a long period of culture shock.
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