I'm an American who spent $10,000 to open a bar in China. There's one notion about life here that I want to dismantle.
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Sophie Steiner
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Returning to the US helped Nick Lappen, an American bartender, confirm that China was where he wanted to be — he says he missed the country's convenience and kindness.
I'm an American who spent $10,000 to open a bar in China. There's one notion about life here that I want to dismantle.
As told to
Sophie Steiner
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