One day halfway through 1987 I found myself wandering the noisy streets and bustling back alleys of Bangkok's "Chinatown," an unusual Chinatown where almost nobody under the age of fifty can speak a word of Chinese in any dialect.
一九八七年，我在曼谷中國城喧鬧雜沓的後街踽踽獨行。這是個奇異的中國城，五十歲以下的人沒有一個能說一句中文。