A moment that changed me: I walked into the party, shy and anxious. I walked out a whole new woman
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from www.theguardian.com7 months ago
In 2001, after spending a year studying in Beijing as part of our degree, two friends and I decided to travel to Mongolia and Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
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Studying Chinese was both a way of facing my fears head-on and a constant source of anxiety, as it demanded a willingness to make a complete fool of myself (the perils of a tonal language) and a confidence that I felt I just didn't have.
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