It’s that time of year again. The Chinese National Day holiday begins tomorrow, and for those of you outside of China keep your eye on the scene in Beijing; I imagine the display of jingoism will be breathtaking. Nevertheless the Chinese do know how to put on a spectacle, so it all should be worth watching.
I on the other hand will be on my bicycle, tucked away in a little corner of Yunnan close to the Burmese border. A friend and I will be cycling from the prefecture-level capital of Baoshan (ä¿å±±) to Ruili (瑞丽), the once-notorious border town.
Along the way we’ll be going slightly off-course to Tengchong (腾冲), site of an important WWII battle and presently a sleepy town known for its geothermal volcanic activity.
Catch you all in about a week, when I’ll be providing snippets from an upcoming story I’m writing to be featured in the winter edition of Yunnan Magazine.
In the meantime, I’d like to wish my Chinese readers a 国庆节快ä¹!
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