New construction and renovations and support of religious buildings all around China are greatly supported by local, state, and the national government.

The arrangement of the photos in this entry is the same sequence of this day's visit and experience. Please follow me on this very warm spring-day on my exciting visit to the Lingshan Buddha.

#116 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( Wuxi and Yixing )

July 19th 2009
It has been some time since the last TravelBlog, though the photos are accumulating by the hundreds. The neglect is in part due to a lack of time, the insane slow speed of the Internet in my apartment here in China, and some other personal events, with which I don't wish to depress you at this time. I hope, that at some point I can catch up with all of the experiences and travels I have been able ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Wuxi

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

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