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.
May 15th 2008Asia » China » Jiangsu » Nanjing So, as you've probably heard, there has been a disastrous earthquake in the Sichuan province of China. It's really a tragedy what's happened. I've been getting a lot of emails these last few days to ... [full story]
May 15th 2008Asia » China » Jiangsu » Nanjing Hejsa folkens,
nu fik jeg endelig taget mig sammen til at skrive blog, men så har jeg til gengæld også en del at skrive om tror jeg nok. For der er jo sket en del siden jeg sidst skrev. Som sædvanli ... [full story]
May 13th 2008Asia » China » Jiangsu » Nanjing Hi everyone Just a quick blog to confirm we are all safe, alive and well. We only found out about the earthquakes when we looked on the News recently and did not feel any ill effects. Our thoughts and ... [full story]
May 13th 2008Asia » China » Jiangsu » Zhangjiagang hey, just letting you all know that we're all safe from the earthquake here in zhangjiagang. I actually found out about it on msn, around 4:30 yesterday after my classes. the article on msn said that ... [full story]
May 12th 2008Asia » China » Jiangsu » Yangzhou Torsdag d. 1. maj - søndag d. 4. maj 2008
Weekenden startede med en masse trafik-bøvl. Folk havde også ferie, så der var bare ekstra meget gang i den d. 1. maj. Denne weekend tog David og jeg til Yan ... 7 photos[full story]
April 19th 2008Asia » China » Jiangsu » Suzhou Today was water town day, basically a chinese Venice, I tried to find it in Lonely Planet but there is no reference to it, it was called Zhouzhuang. It was absolutely jammed with Chinese tourists and ... 5 photos[full story]
May 9th 2008Asia » China » Jiangsu » Zhangjiagang hey! I brought the letters my 6th graders had written to their penpals this morning to read while I was eating dinner tonight, and omg I was actually laughing out loud! I'm gonna look through them now ... 12 photos[full story]
May 7th 2008Asia » China » Jiangsu » Taizhou » Taizhou Teachers College In Part 2, TAIZHOU - THE CITY OF THE PHOENIX, let me present you a "mosaic" of my "2008 Spring Activities" in- and around my home-city in China. These warmer months have been a long awaited in all pa ... 145 photos[full story]
May 5th 2008Asia » China » Jiangsu » Yancheng That was exciting, our first trip to Nanjing, the Jiangsu Province capital. We had heard a lot of people talking of Nanjing - how great it was, the history, better for shopping and so on. Many of our ... 20 photos[full story]
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