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First week days 4-7

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April 2nd 2009
The big day arrives - my first day of teaching, and being the worry wort that I am I woke up at the ungodly hour of 5am. Sat in what was now a very untidy hotel room I went over the different classes I had that day and what I planned to teach them. It is at this point that I have to make two confessions, one I think is forgivable, the other can only be explained by temporary madness! As menti ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai » Fengxian » Nanqiao

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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