Summary

Nombeko is reading the newspaper in the library near the potato farm. Much of the coverage concerns the fact that the President of China is planning to visit Stockholm. He was coming to see the Volvo plant and afterwards was planning to attend a gala banquet at the palace of the Swedish king. Nombeko sees the pictures of the Chinese President and recognizes him as the low-level Chinese official that was sent to South Africa, more than 20 years before, with whom she had shared a delightful dinner chatting in Chinese with The Engineer and the Prime Minister of South Africa.

She realizes this is her chance. If she could somehow catch his attention, and if he remembered her, she could speak to him about the problem and maybe get in touch with the King or PM once and for all. In a rush, she...