Elinor and Rex, USA, 2 people 20 days

Dear Wei:
So nice to hear from you.
We are back home in Florida and are enjoying ourselves as we get settled back into our space and our lives. This trip was harder than our last one.... for a host of reasons that probably have a lot to do with Sept 11.
When people ask us for highlights, "favorites", or places that we feel optimistic about....we always talk about China. The warmth, the progress, the optimism...
We tell everyone that china was a real highlight for us (we don"t like to say "favorite"). It"s been interesting. Many people ask us about human rights in china and we always say the same thing.... undoubtedly there are problems but let"s look around us at ourselves and other countries. From what we could tell, the people are china in general are not feeling at all oppressed by their govt. They (you) are changing about as fast as is possible....
When we are a bit more organized, we will forward you some names of people who are involved with cultural preservation who might be delighted to work with you.
Do tell us more....
Glad we were able to add a dimension to your work. With any luck, we will be back there in the not-to-distant future and meet up again. perhaps even take a tour of minorities and other cultures that we had to cut short last time.
love,
elinor & rex, after trip into the mountains for minority culture preservation