Beth on Tanggu Shopping Street

Further Adventures in Tianjin

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August 26th 2007
This time I will chronicle a few of the adventures of the past week. We will have a blog about school life soon. I am trying to keep everyone happy by balancing adventure blogs with daily life blogs. It should however be noted, that since moving here, our daily life and mundane tasks have all become mini-adventures. Our trip into Tianjin On Saturday August 18th, "the group" decid ... read more

Asia » China » Tianjin

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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