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Background: For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After World War II, the Communists under MAO Zedong established an autocratic socialist system that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. After 1978, his successor DENG Xiaoping and other leaders focused on market-oriented economic development and by 2000 output had quadrupled. For much of the population, living standards have improved dramatically and the room for personal choice has expanded, yet political controls remain tight.

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By Dieck
July 26th 2008

Fun in the Classroom

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I will volunteer!
Chen gan always ready with an answer!

As I have said MANY times - days run together so I am not sure what days these were , but here are some pictures of my students and our work in the classroom. They are a great group. They work hard and play hard too. We have lots of fun, and I hope they are learning a lot too! I will tell you more about them and post some pictures soon. Bye for now. [View Full Entry]

By Dieck
July 26th 2008

TODAY

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After a busy start - flying into Beijing, sightseeing, training, traveling to Xinyang, 10 days of teaching straight, and then off on an unexpected adventure that included a 4+ hours bus ride (one way), my first night staying in a Chinese home, and an amazing four hour trek in the mountains and a million stairs back out of the canyon - today was an odd one for me. Megan headed off this morning with the Chinese (my students) and American youth (20+ from Colorado and Minnesota) to do their community service project. They were working on a road (Megan said she [View Full Entry]

By Grannysmith
July 25th 2008

Xi'an to Luo Yang, 17-23 July

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Terracotta soldiers

Thursday 17 July - Xi’an Lots of people have arrived for the Xi’an-Pekin part of the journey. Some of them are cyclists, including a large contingent of teenagers, and some are wives and girlfriends of the Paris-Pekin group who will be travelling by coach and doing tourist things. We feel a bit overwhelmed, after being an isolated community for four months across so many countries. On Thursday I woke up late and dashed down to breakfast - a very good buffet - and was in time to get the tour bus at 8.30. Before going down I sent a load of [View Full Entry]

By Dieck
July 25th 2008

WOW

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I have not had time to post entries of late, and I have so much to catch up on. I am almost out of time now at the internet cafe, so this will be short, but today was a big WOW! I hope to post pictures tomorrow, and you will see for yourself! Megan and I traveled to a distant county to the east to visit friends of mine, and we had the most amazing trip! Charles and Mary are teachers and were students of mine 4 years ago. They came here to Xinyang to see me 2 years ago, so [View Full Entry]

By Dieck
July 22nd 2008

More pictures

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Amazing architecture galore!
More from inside the Forbidden City.

THERE IS SO MUCH I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, BUT NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT ALL ENTERED. HERE ARE SOME MORE PICTURES THOUGH. THERE ARE MANY PICTURES HERE. A FEW STILL FROM THE FORBIDDEN CITY, THEN A VISIT WITH LOUISA AT THE BIG BOWL TRADITIONAL CHINESE NOODLE RESTAURANT, OUR TRAIN RIDE, ARRIVAL IN XINYANG, CHURCH, AND MORE. I STILL NEED TO EDIT THIS AND REMOVE SOME PICTURES THAT ARE A REPEAT, BUT I AM OUT OF TIME FOR NOW. I WILL FINISH THIS LATER. WE ARE GOING TO DINNER TONIGHT WITH ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, HIS PARENTS, AND THE HEADMASTER [View Full Entry]

The "Big Bowl" Traditional Chinese Noodle Restaurant

By Dieck
July 20th 2008

New England English School

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Our class
Aren't they studious？！~

Here are some pictures of my wonderful Chinese students! [View Full Entry]

By Dieck
July 20th 2008

Our Home Away from Home

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View!
The view from our third floor hotel. Our hotel is in an alley off a main street behind a big electronic store.

Pictures at our hotel and of our own private dining room! [View Full Entry]

By Dieck
July 19th 2008

Tiemenn Square and the Forbidden City

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Off to see the square！
A BIG BUILDING!

Sorry I know I spelled Tiemmenn Square wrong I will fix it later AND ADD MORE PICTURES. OFF TO LUNCH NOW! [View Full Entry]

By Dieck
July 19th 2008

So much to say - so little time! Haircuts.

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We rushed "home" today after a busy morning of studies and teaching other games. I purchased a marjonng (correct spelling provided by Vivian - thank you Vivacious Vivian) last night at Xia Market. So today Jack and others taught Megan how to play while I taught Leo, Larry (a nice young lady who just joined our class yesterday) and Gilliam to play scrabble. Another grouped played cards. In the afternoon they taught me to play a Chinese card game called Big Eyes. Anyway, I digress. We rushed home to eat so we could meet Victor, Jonny and Gilliam to get haircuts. [View Full Entry]

By Dieck
July 18th 2008

AND STILL MORE PICTURES

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YES WE ARE EATING AGAIN
WE SEEM TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME EATING IN CHINA! THE CHINESE ARE VERY GRACIOUS HOSTS AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE EAT WELL AND OUR BELLIES ARE FULL!

MORE PICTURES FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE! THIS SECTION INCLUDES STILL MORE EATING! SEEMS WE DO THAT A LOT. TONIGHT WE WERE HONORING CSV AND THE SPECIAL PEOPLE IN CHINA THAT HAVE HELPED! IT ALSO INCLUDES A MEAL FROM THE NEXT DAY, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHICH MEAL! [View Full Entry]

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