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For the past three years my wife Bonnie and I have been a part of a cultural exchange through Duke University and International Students Incorporated. We volunteer to become a host family for government officials sent from the People's Republic of China to study policy-making at Duke. It is a 3 1/2 month course and during that time we have some of the officials into our home, go out for dinner, and attend special events together in order for them to experience some of our culture and practice their English. The Chinese officials have asked us to come visit them in China, last year we said "why not". So off we went, we spent one week in Beijing, three days in the Jianxi Province and 3 days in Xiamen, Fujian Province. We decided to bring our daughter and 15 year old granddaughter along also. We left for China July 26th, 2007 and returned August 8, 2007.