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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]
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] Blog: What grinds a cyclist's gears and screws out tears
Date: May 25th 2009
I couldn't believe it. It really wasn't there. For a micro second I was convinced Ced was horsing around when he yelled out "Your bike's gone...". Stuffing the last dumpling in my mouth I ran out of the little restaurant we were in to see a blank empty spot where my bike had been. I could have choked if the jiaozi hadn't been so juicy. A little over 3600 kms of pedalling and the worst crisis so fa ... read more
Date: May 25th 2009
I couldn't believe it. It really wasn't there. For a micro second I was convinced Ced was horsing around when he yelled out "Your bike's gone...". Stuffing the last dumpling in my mouth I ran out of the little restaurant we were in to see a blank empty spot where my bike had been. I could have choked if the jiaozi hadn't been so juicy. A little over 3600 kms of pedalling and the worst crisis so fa ... read more
