What was once a banned pastime in the 1980s has transformed into a nationwide cultural movement—filled with joy, competition, and camaraderie
The old lady came alone and sat alone, smoking a Zhongnanhai-brand cigarette. Her skin was uncannily white, the aftermath of a bad bout of vitiligo, and her grey hair was dyed a yellowish brown. Her eyes looked listless in their walnut-like sockets, and her body was shrunken. Her pink shirt dangled—old age seemed to have taken away all the flesh. When she finished her cigarette, she stood up, a small person about the size of a 10-year-old boy.
She held her hand out to a younger woman and then she started to dance.
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