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Wed 04 Apr 2007What new arrivals make of red, white and blue kerbsWhen Chin-ai Jin and her husband came to Northern Ireland early last year, it was the first time either had set foot outside China. Chin-ai's husband, a doctor, was offered a job at a clinic in Larne and they couldn't pass up the chance to see more of the world, despite knowing nothing about the North other than what could be casually gleaned from the internet, writes Ruadhán Mac CormaicChin-ai is still thrilled by the experience, revelling in the retelling, laughing at the wonder of it.