Abstract:

RED-FACED, Gerry Whitty sprints along the astroturf playground of a local primary school, bouncing and kicking a white leather football as he runs. It＇s a little after eight on a humid .Beijing evening where the lights from ubiquitous construction sites and office complexes never let the sky completely darken. A few yellow-hatted construction workers on a smoking break cock their ears to shouts and cheers in a cacophony of English and Chinese.[第一段]