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As a long time foreign correspondent, I've worked in lots of places, but nowhere is important

to the world as China.

I'm Jane Perlaz, former Beijing Bureau Chief for the New York Times.

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I think I'm ready. You think so? Well it's just that I've been crying over strangers on the internet

for about a half hour now. You've been doing that for a while now. This isn't like just a today thing.

You know what?

I'm not judging, I'm just observing.

It's endearing.

Listen, it was a kid getting a puppy and crying about it.

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