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Home again, home again

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December 11th 2008
It's been a LONG time since I last wrote, and nothing I've written has really been of substance. This won't be any different. I've been living off-campus in Kai Fa Qualmost a month now (almost 4 months in China as of next week), and it's been great--I don't even mind the 35 minute commute. I take the light rail train into Jinshitan, which, first thing in the morning, isn't bad. I have the company ... 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