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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]
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] Blog: No Time Like The Present
Date: September 10th 2007
As i sit at the desk in my room in my apartment in China, I gaze out the window at the scene 18 stories below me. The children at the bilingual school near my apartment complex are circled around the flagpole as the Chinese national anthem blares from the loudspeakers and the national flag is jerkily raised to the top of the pole by bright-eyed youngsters. The never-ceasing sounds of constructio ... read more
Date: September 10th 2007
As i sit at the desk in my room in my apartment in China, I gaze out the window at the scene 18 stories below me. The children at the bilingual school near my apartment complex are circled around the flagpole as the Chinese national anthem blares from the loudspeakers and the national flag is jerkily raised to the top of the pole by bright-eyed youngsters. The never-ceasing sounds of constructio ... read more
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