Following the successful conclusion of the seminar on community journalism, attendees at a local hotpot restaurant toast conference organizer Prof. Li Ren, center. (Jock Lauterer photo)With their burgeoning city of 7 million rising in the background, three friends pose before their June graduation from Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chongqing. (Jock Lauterer photos)That’s Why I Love Freedom. (Jock Lauterer photos)A senior citizens drum corps entertains at the square outside my hotel.Already digital natives.Pre-school childcare in China: the grandparents’ duty.Ducks in the farmers’ market on their last day.Mr. Joke and “Alice,” my host’s 7-year-old daughter, signal the end of another successful meal. (Li Ren photo)How a Tar Heel fixes a broken commode seat in China.