Rochelle and Me

Mr. Wong Use One Knife

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January 17th 2009
Today we had our field trip to the Xitang Water Village where Mission: Impossible 3 was filmed. Everywhere in the village, pictures of Tom Cruise can be seen. Xitang reminded me of Wuzen Village, but a smaller version. During the tour of the village, we were taken to a shop with a lot of paintings that were made from wood. The artist was Mr. Wong and he would carve a picture onto a piece of wood, ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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