When we came to the Russian border, another isolated outpost, I met my first real live Communist, a pudgy, cherubic-looking guard.

• 来到俄国边境，我看到了又一个孤立的哨所，这是我第一次在现场看见一个名副其实的共产党人，一位矮胖但看上去很天真的哨兵。