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These two soldiers encouraged my daily visits.  
   

These two soldiers encouraged my daily visits.

They were quite happy when I presented them each with a copy of this photo. Note the groups of hundreds of students in the background.
#87 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Mandatory Freshmen Military Training ends on China's National Holiday.)

October 14th 2007
The National Holiday for China is October 1st. On this day in 1949, Chairman Mao declared the P.R.C. from the rostrum of Tian'anmen Gate in Beijing to throngs of proud and cheering Chinese citizens. Each year this National Holiday celebration continues in importance and significance, and the festivities now include the first seven days of every October. These 7 days in October are now know ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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
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