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‘In order to discourage desertion, all the students in the Rodent-Control Force are assigned to units operating far from their homes. We can’t even understand one another’s dialects, so everyone has to curl his tongue to speak Modern Standard Mandarin—Everyone is busy shovelling rice into his mouth as quickly as possible. “Work hard, and let’s try to win the Golden Cat Award, okay?” Still no one answers him.’