Category: Personal Memories
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53-Xue Anian: A Man Who Never Stopped Dreaming
Note: This article is based on my personal memories from many years ago and is written to remember my late friend, Xue Anian. Because so much time has passed, some dates, places, and details may not be completely accurate. To protect the privacy of people involved, some nonessential details have also been blurred or adapted.…
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39-Please Help Me Remember Him: After the Lucknow Fire in India
Please Help Me Remember Him: After the Lucknow Fire in India On June 22, 2026, a fire broke out in a commercial building in Aliganj, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The building reportedly housed a learning center, an animation training institute, a pet shop, and a veterinary clinic. Many students and young people lost their…
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37-A Village Without Men: What War Leaves Behind
In March 2024, The Washington Post visited Makiv, a village in southwestern Ukraine, and found that few men of fighting age remained. Some were serving at the front. Some had been killed or wounded. Some were missing. Others had exemptions, had left the country, or were trying to avoid mobilization. A local school official put…
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36-The Couple Who Died While Cleaning Guanhe Road
At 6:25 a.m. on June 15, 2026, two sanitation workers were killed while working on Guanhe Road in Guannan County, Jiangsu Province. They were not two strangers working the same shift. They were a married couple in their sixties. Local officials confirmed that both worked in sanitation. A nearby shopkeeper who knew them said they…
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31-He Wasn’t a Badge. He Was Someone I Knew.
He Wasn’t a Badge. He Was Someone I Knew. The World Cup started. People here watched the matches. The bars turned on their TVs. Kids ran around wearing jerseys. Social media filled up with goals, highlights, sponsors, stadiums, and national pride. The world was watching football. We were listening to gunfire. On June 10, along…
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11-My grandfather’s name was Gao Kaizu.
My Grandfather My grandfather’s name was Gao Kaizu.He was born in 1926, a man from Hailing District, Taizhou, Jiangsu Province. He grew up in a family that was once well-off.As a child, he lived the life of a young master, and those habits stayed with him for the rest of his life—careful, particular, dignified in…
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10-Chinese Immigrant Trucker in Los Angeles – A Long-Haul Life Story
A True-to-Life Story of a Chinese Immigrant Driver in Los Angeles Life Story – Los Angeles, California This story was originally written by me in Chinese. It is published here with permission. The English version was translated and lightly edited. If some parts sound a little unusual, that may simply reflect the way I express…
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9 – A Life Among the Vines in Bordeaux, France
This life story was originally written in French by the author. It is published here with permission, and the English version was produced using a translation tool, with light editing for clarity. While every effort has been made to preserve the author’s voice and memories, minor differences in tone or wording may occur due to…