Humans of China│人在中国（十）
故事的开始
The beginning of the story
I’ve been travelling around China
since 2014
I’ve been to many cities, towns and villages
and met amazing people along the way
Then I had an idea to listen
and record what people tell me
Everyone has a story
no matter how big or small
and here are some stories
that I'd like to share with you from
the humans in China
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四年前 我来到中国
开启了在这里的旅行
我去了很多城市和村庄
遇到很多人
看到很多景
有一天突然有了一个想法
我要记录下这些平凡的人们
去听听他们的心声
虽然他们微不足道
但却反映了最真实的人生
于是便有了关于人在中国的故事
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I often visit the nursing home as a volunteer. I was watching the old people one day and thought about myself and my future. I discovered that our lives seemed to be controlled by others and I became afraid. I was afraid that I didn’t have the power to choose the life I really wanted.
I resigned from my job and decided to travel for around three months by myself. I went to Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet and many other places.
After I came back I decided I wanted to travel somewhere further afield so I bought a plane ticket and headed to West Africa. I wanted to find simple people, a simple life and simple emotions and there I really found these things. The things I felt were intense.
Whilst travelling I met a child and he didn’t have much. In fact that day he only had two pieces of candy and he gave me one. I taught some children how to paint on the beach and we all had a amazing time together.
In the first few days I was visiting Sierra Leone. The Ebola virus has just begun to spread causing devastation to peoples lives throughout the country.
After coming back to China I wrote my second book called ‘The Whole World Gives Me Courage’ and I organized events to sell the books and photos I took from my trip and then donated the profits to a charity called ‘Doctors Without Boarders’.
I often think to myself "are the people who I shared some magical moments with still alive?"
I hope in the future more young Chinese can open their minds and choose the life they want and not the life that they are expected to live.
I am preparing my third book.
Beijing
我经常去养老院做志愿者。有一天我在观察这些老人时，想到了自己和自己的未来。我发现我们的生活像是被别人控制了，我感到害怕，我害怕我没有能力选择自己想要的生活。
我辞去了工作，决定独自旅行三个月左右。我去了四川、云南、西藏和许多地方。
回来后，我决定要到更远的地方去旅行。于是买了机票，去了西非。我想找到简单的人，简单的生活和简单的情感。在那里，我真的找到了这些东西。这些感受非常强烈。
我在旅行时遇到一个孩子，他没有多少钱，事实上，那天他只带了两块糖，而他却给了我一块。我教孩子们在海滩上画画，我们在一起玩得很开心。
我在塞拉利昂的头几天，埃博拉病毒刚刚开始传播，给所有人的生活带来了毁灭性的灾难。
回到国后，我写了我的第二本书，叫《全世界给我勇气》。我组织了一些公益活动，将我的书和西非摄影作品义卖，然后把这些钱捐给了一个名为“无国界医生”的慈善机构。
我常常想，那些和我有过奇幻时光的人们，现在应该还活着。
我希望将来会有更多的中国年轻人能够敞开心扉，选择他们想要的生活，而不是按部就班的生活。
我现在正在准备我的第三本书。
北京
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