The Nokia 1110 can barely do more than send texts. But in 2009, it was the author’s only lifeline to the people of Taigu, a small rural town where he taught English.
Read the article by Daniel Tam-Claiborne: https://thechinaproject.com/2021/03/30/how-a-dated-cell-phone-challenged-everything-i-knew-about-china/
Narrated by Daniel Tam-Claiborne.
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