Xmas party with colleagues...

Having a Green, Shanghai Xmas....

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December 3rd 2007
Ho-ho-ho! And as you can see, much 'ho-ho-hoing' was in order for Roel (aka Santa) at his Xuhui campus last week! Poor guy...he's getting a way too thin for that role...and besides, as it turned out his audience of preschoolers nearly mobbed him in their eagerness to get the goodies of candies!! If the older kids were somewhat more bemused than amused at his playing the jolly ol' Saint, appar ... read more

Asia » China

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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