Chinese Characters

Any non-Asian who has tried to study Chinese characters can tell you that a ti ny line or dot makes a diff erence to the meaning. The same is true in life. Every event makes a diff erence, even if that diff erence is too small to appreciate at the ti me. This story refl ects one couple's att empt to observe and comment on China and Chinese culture, one event at a ti me, as they spent a "gap year" not between high school and university but between work and reti rement by living and working in Kunming.