Steaming glass of hot water resting on wooden Chinese restaurant table. Somewhere between airport lounges, pilates reformer springs, and trying to remember what time zone I am in, I have found myself noticing something very simple on this teaching trip to China. Every restaurant I walk into serves hot water. Not iced. Not chilled. Just hot. At first it felt unusual, then it felt surprisingly comforting. There is something quietly civilised about sitting down to a meal and bei

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