Cat

Yesterday when we were at the site that we've been observing, near the third ring road, our roommate, Melanie, scooped up a kitten that we'd seen on previous visits. After asking the people nearby if we could take it, the cat was quickly in the taxi with us, squirming a little bit as we sped towards our new apartment near the fifth ring road. The kitty was dirty, with mites in his little ears, but once we got Chairman Meow home and started to clean him up he started to look much better. We checked CDC rules about bringing cats back into the U.S. and they are surprisingly lax, so hopefully Melanie won't have too many problems bringing him back home. There's something funny about his back, so he can't jump quite as high as most cats, but he doesn't seem to be in any pain and is very cute.