Xiaoping, ni hao!

Xiaoping, ni hao!

I had the pleasure to be a foreign expert at Hebei University in 1984. The opportunity to live in Baoding, to get to know a city I had never even heard of, and to meet Chinese teachers and students was an experience I shall treasure forever. The people I met in China include some of the best friends I have in the world.

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