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This was typical of the rooms on display. Lots of posters exhorting those living in the centre to bigger and better things. Portraits of Chairman Mao are still seen in many places, including every denomination of paper money. Even the Queen doesn't get that kind of treatment!

Panjin, our first Chinese road trip

October 12th 2008
This rather belated entry in the blog describes our first foray into the Chinese countryside away from the school. The entry was delayed partly because I have had more than a few problems since my PC packed it in, the most recent being trouble moving files around on a PC running Vista. Sigh… The Chinese wife of one of the teachers runs a travel agency, massage centre and computer repair shop ( ... read more

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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

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