How much of a country can you know after barely three days dashing around its vast capital city? Only a very little. How effectively can you judge the nuances of your interactions with some of its leading academics, researchers and journalists? Not terribly well. How much of its media can you assess after three days, snatching glances at its domestic stations and, because you don’t speak a word of its language, relying on its English-language news channel? Again, of course, the answer is next-to-nothing.
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