No job, spring semester already about to begin....

Finally on 26th February, I got my answer.  There was no job for me in China.  Age and time was against me.  The strangely named 'Foreign Expert Scheme' would only accept Foreign Experts until the age of 60.  I was getting close.  I needed to find something and hopefully find it quickly.

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