Yesterday began China's three days of national mourning for the people killed in the earthquake in Sichuan. It was weird, because traffic stopped completely, everyone stayed still and honked their horns and set off sirens and whatnot for a couple minutes. It was really eerie to listen to from the tenth floor. Flags are at half mast and all that goes with national mourning.

Last weekend I met a woman from Wuhan who is like-minded. She works for a tv station there and does some other work independently on the side. It was good to pick her brain.

If anyone wants anything in particular from China, let me know now so that I can have it taken care of in the next couple weeks. I'm leaving here on the 17th of June and arriving home on the 18th. Overnight in Los Angeles...

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