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LETTER FROM BEIJING Beijing taxi drivers are rarely verbose. But Da Bo is an exception. Aged 44, this man with a sad look willingly recounts his life. This, it is true, is not trivial. Thanks to trade with North Korea, this native of Jilin, in the northeast of the country, claims to have been a millionaire for a time. Before losing everything in 2010: his money, his father, his wife, and being reduced to conveying the Pekingese, which he considers slightly degrading. A story that is difficult to verify but all the more believable since Da Bo does not pose...
