New Year's Eve

Catch-up

---

January 3rd 2006
It's been a little while since my last entry. Things here keep getting more and more normalized by the day. I just read my messages and while I don't really think Chinese are distant they do work their asses off enough that work becomes life. This is said in the most literal of senses. I've never seen people that work so hard as the Chinese do. They don't have time to celebrate or have fun th ... read more

Asia » China » Dongbei » Dalian

---

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