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Introduction - Some Thoughts Before You Begin

Rick Mundt (1950-2024) Anyone that reads this journal has to remember some things. I lived in Luoyang, China for five years, not two weeks, not eight months, five years. I lived the life there, I became part of the Asian world, I learned about their culture, traditions and festivals. No, I cannot speak Chinese, I know some words. I walked the streets, shopped in all kinds of stores and ate in all kinds of restaurants. I saw huge changes in the city. This journal is about my life there at that time. This is how I saw things and the things that happened to me while I was there. This is what it was like for a foreigner to live in China. Someone else that has lived there has their experiences, there's will be different from mine. If they lived in another part of China, they had there experiences in that area which may be different from mine. If you went there with other people, like a delegation or tourist group for two weeks, you had your experiences. You had a tour bus, a guide/trans...