One does not live half a life in Asia without return. When it would be I did not know, nor even where it would be, or to what cause. In our changing … - Pearl S. Buck

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One does not live half a life in Asia without return. When it would be I did not know, nor even where it would be, or to what cause. In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. The friendly country of China, the home of my childhood and youth, is for the time being forbidden country. I refuse to call it enemy country. The people in my memory are too kind and the land too beautiful.