The Middle Kingdom

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The Middle Kingdom

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I hesitated; the idea was impossible. We had some presentation scheduled for the next night, some show or dinner or entertainment, as we did every night. All we were ever going to see of China was the thin, thin skin, creamed and powdered and rouged and depilated.

‘Please,’ she said, watching me think. ‘It would be a great honor for us.’

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