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Bamboo, Chengdu and I.

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The intensity of urban life can amplify that of urban work. Liming Yao reflects on his awakening to the quiet, easily missed comforts of bamboo during years of academic grind in Chengdu.

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Fig. 1: A panda cub peeling bamboo at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.

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