"China has made a very serious and concerted effort to fight air pollution in the past few years."
Lauri Myllyvitra, Greenpeace's global campaigner on coal, told AP recently.
This year, however, as I reflected on the things that I am thankful for, I discovered that living in China for over a year has given me a very different perspective on gratitude.
Many teachers in China must do as they are told and achieve high results with their students or face deduction of salary or dismissal.
I know what this school hired me to do; they hired me to be fluff. They hired me to be panache.
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