Relaxing at Shaoguan City Park

Seeing the sites of northern Guangdong

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February 8th 2009
Great fun the last few weeks traveling around during Spring Festival (Lunar New Year). A few days after I returned from XiuShui, I was treated by the Tao family to a fancy dinner whose sole purpose was for me to get acquainted with them and their college-age daughter Rose (Tao Ying). Mr. and Mrs. Tao are highly placed government officials. They had asked their friend Mr. Zhang, dean of the Fore ... 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