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The Lecture

The man featured in this video lived and taught in Duyun with me. Anticipating that the college would ask him to give a lecture at some point, he took a steady stream of photos in America while waiting to return to China (after being evacuated like me because of SARS). When he finally did return to China, he was indeed asked to give a lecture. He spent hours weaving together a PowerPoint journey which chronicled his life in America and his preparations to move to China. It was a masterpiece of slide presentation artistry. Unfortunately, it was never seen by the masses. Often times in China, things don't go as planned. This video is one example of such Chinese chaos.

The date is December 22, 2003. The location is the main lecture hall of my college in Duyun, Guizhou. I've taught most all of the students in the room.

The Lecture -- 12MB