The author attends a party and meets a Filipino scholar who recounts a brief and confused history of Chinese involvement in the Philippines. He is joined by other party-goers who contribute their own partial understanding to Chinese involvement around the world. Most of the statements involve Chinese searching for gold. The Filipino scholar says that the Chinese climbed a huge mountain and searched a lot of ore for a small amount of gold. The author has difficulty understanding the scholar's accent.
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