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Reporter Bids China Goodbye

NPR | By Rob Gifford
Published September 1, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT
Rob Gifford hitchhikes on Route 312 in the Gobi Desert during a series about crossing China in 2004.
Liang Yan, for NPR
Rob Gifford hitchhikes on Route 312 in the Gobi Desert during a series about crossing China in 2004.

Copyright 2005 NPR
Rob Gifford
Rob Gifford is the NPR foreign correspondent based in Shanghai.