What do you mean I have to be a monk?

recovering in Lhasa

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April 28th 2007
Well, we're here in Lhasa, recovering from the long train ride. Fortunately for us, our bunk mates were nice and quiet. They didn't say a word to either Xiang Yi or me or to anyone else. We started to wonder if they were mute or something! That wasn't the case, bring us to other sorts of speculations- the main one being that they understood every word we said--which would be utterly e ... read more

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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. A... ... read more