tries to visit old Jewish settlement - nothing left
finds a married couple - he American, she Chinese - she said no one understood and they were sure she was in danger - xonophobia - though she admits she may leave him first!
visits Shaolin monastery, birthplace of Zen and kung fu
history, myths of kung fu monks
met with a man he met on an earlier trip to China - he is now unhappily married - he does not love his wife but a girl he loved in youth (this could happen to anyone anywhere - at least in America or the West I'm sure - but it is in China where they don't talk about their feelings and follow tradition - so I understand but can't quite understand because it is in a vastly different culture)
history of Qin Shihuangdi - first emperor, China's namesake - buried with terracotta legions, model empire - much detail (I just read about them in Dillard's For the Time Being)
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