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The Chinatown in Jakarta (Indonesia)

I love to wander Jakarta’s Chinatown. Always colorful, rusting buildings, nice treats, and odd lion dancers who still think it is the new year season.

不要问我从那里来,我的故乡在远方。为什么流浪?流浪远方,流浪……

Don’t ask me where I come from. My home town is far away. Why do you wander so far? Wander so far?

The Chinese verse is a song called Olive Tree by San Mao.

From NY times: Overlooked No More: Sanmao, Wandering Writer’ Who Found Her Voice in the Desert

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