This is the story of just one of 80 young Brits sent to Shanghai to become an English teacher, and his subsequent trials and travels in the far-northern city of Shenyang in Manchuria. It also explores many unexpected aspects of Chinese culture, history and especially language, which is used and explained throughout.
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