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My Chinese takeaway

“My curiosity eventually resulted in a neighbour offering me cooking lessons”

Guangzhou, circa October 2016, could have been a very lonely place. My grasp of Mandarin was limited to “Good morning”, “Hello” and “Good night”, which didn’t exactly make it easy to get to know anyone. But I was determined to find a way to settle into this beautiful city – my new home for two years. What I

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