Dinner has become my best source of entertainment - June 12-14, 2012


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June 13th 2012
Published: June 14th 2012
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The afternoon of June 12th I did indeed find my co-workers and I went with them to a meeting with city officials. It had some interesting maps but other than that I was lost. I used the time to study my Chinese. That's the one good thing about these meetings -they force me to study Chinese. Because my hotel room is my sanctuary of English so I find it hard to be motivated to look at Chinese. ... Read Full Entry



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you can see the rural folk that live here



16th July 2012

peasants.
That was really interesting to read. It's great that the Chinese government takes care of its people, North American governments should learn from them.

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