China’s buzzwords: Positivity, inclusivity, and connectivity

BEIJING: With three to five layers of clothing from head to foot, China’s biting cold winter weather still penetrates into my frail body that is used to Manila’s tropical climate.

And as I set foot on the base of the Badaling section of China’s famous Great Wall, I wondered how I could climb up the long and steep steps up to the second peak. But the Chinese saying that “no mountain is too high for a man to scale and no road too long for a man to walk” challenged me to go on and reach the peak.