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    Discovering Worlds Within Neighborhoods

    Aug 25, 2022 4 minutes
    By Zhang Shasha
    Copyedited by G.P. Wilson

    For many people, the concept of travel has always gone hand in hand with distance. A holiday hasn’t been a holiday without a plane, train or at least a bus ticket, and new discoveries have only been sought in exotic destinations. However, the emergence of COVID-19 and its related travel restrictions have redefined travel in China, leading many to make profound discoveries in their own neighborhoods and even right outside their own front doors.

    Cai Yitong loves to travel to distant places. The 30-year-old has seen lions running on the African grasslands, experienced Mediterranean culture and photographed aurora borealis. However, nowadays she indulges herselfs in Beijing, where she has lived for almost 12 years for study and work.

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