Being Black in China – Intelligent Travel

Of all the countries we’ve visited as a family, the hardest, by far, was China. A series of missteps on my part meant that, after a 13-hour flight, we found ourselves in a very non-touristy part of Beijing, at a “hotel” that was more like a businessman’s rental apartment. Within a few hours, we were already wondering if our plan to spend a month there had been a huge mistake.