Mrs. Wang makes up my bed

XiuShui weekend

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January 16th 2009
I returned last Monday from a wonderful weekend as the guest of my student helper, Dong Ping, at her family's home in XiuShui, in far northwest Guangdong Province. Mr. Wang is first (or second?) in command of the Communist Party in that district, so he is a high-status person in this small town of about 5,000. (Note: As of the late 1980's, Chinese officials no longer refer to each other as "Comr ... 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