Although it was during the school summer holidays, some extra classes were being held at the No4 Middle School, Huaihua, at the time of our visit. The pupils in the English class were certainly surprised when a westerner walked in and started taking photographs. Quite quickly afterwards came the questions from the pupils..., "Do you like KFC?"... "Do you like McDonalds Hamburgers?"... "Do you like Coca Cola?" ...

In the school gardens a group of school children posed for their photographs giving the "V" sign on the count of 4. The ages of the children were between 10 years and 13 years and they spoke English with hardly a trace of accent, American or Chinese.