This is my graduation project.
This May I had an unexpected break-up right before my journey back to China. My plans for the future were all broken. I was hoping that the feeling of being home could comfort me. However, I found I still don’t like this country: the sense of alienation and absurdity still troubled me. Following my original plan, I have travelled across the country to the main cities — Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, talking to friends about the past and the future. I also went to the wild north-west by chance to ease my pain.
This project is a mixture of my personal anxiety with some comments and observations of China’s society. It also reflects my yet uncompleted transition from avoidance and solitude to being gradually involved in China’s reality again.