I'm staying in Xiamen on my way home--speaking at a school, visiting the wonderful Chanenson/Levine family--and got to spend a few days on Gulong Yu. It's warmer than Nanjing (where it's been snowing) and has beaches, great seafood and no vehicles other than golf carts that take tourists around. There was a large foreign community here by the 1880s and the lanes have some beautiful villas. Some have been restored; like most of China, there's construction (or reconstruction) everywhere. But here on the southern edge of the island, it's peaceful and quiet.
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