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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: Road rage
Date: January 31st 2008
Yesterday we went to the beautiful town/city of Suzhou (sue Joe) which, though it is only 75Km from Shanghai, was unfortunately separated from it by the mother of all traffic jams. Tranglam trachta sron le toin (no fadas out here) (That's Irish, by the way) doesn't even begin to describe it! I kid you not we were in the car for 10 hours yesterday...5 there and 5 back, for a journey that typically ... read more
Date: January 31st 2008
Yesterday we went to the beautiful town/city of Suzhou (sue Joe) which, though it is only 75Km from Shanghai, was unfortunately separated from it by the mother of all traffic jams. Tranglam trachta sron le toin (no fadas out here) (That's Irish, by the way) doesn't even begin to describe it! I kid you not we were in the car for 10 hours yesterday...5 there and 5 back, for a journey that typically ... read more
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