When some of the boys from my Logistics Management II class from Shunde Polytechnic, Guangdong, invited me to their dorm to watch Australia play Japan in the World Cup, I jumped at the chance, curious to learn what their living arrangements were like. Their dorm was quite a Spartan set-up, with eight students per room, and with no air conditioning. The night was oppressively hot and humid, so most of them had their shirts removed and were drinking warm beer from bottles they had bought ...

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