Seeing is believing to truly understand China

My neighbor, Claire, is a friendly lady, likely in her late 70s, and a polyglot who can speak Dutch, English, French and German. We chatted from time to time and I was happy to offer her a helping hand, such as carrying her groceries up and garbage down the stairway when the building elevator was under repair for three months, and driving her to her relative to get the spare key when she locked the key inside one rainy evening.