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Lives in the Lotus Blossom, Chapter 30: Ling-Ling of the Silver Screen, Little Darlings on Parade, Tomb Sweeping in the Big City, Excited?--Who?-Me?

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April 7th 2008
I'm in a sort of video mood this week so please have a look at the video of Ling-ling (the foundling bulldog) that I recently added to Chapter 25. To view the videos in this blog entry, just click on the little arrow above my text. For the current chapter, I added a very short clip about our Monday morning assemblies--the style of which might seem quite military to a lot of western readers. I ... read more

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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more