David goes to China

...but I can't.
It's difficult for me as someone who lives by talking and occasionally writing, persuading people with subtleties, not to be able to use much lanaguage at all, let alone subtlety.
My 150 words are not enough, and my pronunciation is apparently largely unintelligible.
This is part of my "out of comfort zone" experience.
Maybe writing this is a partial substitute.
But I may have to have a long chat with each reader indivually when I get back, to make up...