Small Streets of Tianjin

What about school?

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May 31st 2009
As for the school things that I have been doing (Oh yeah! That is the reason I am here!) I am feeling a bit pathetic. There is only one person with less Chinese knowledge than me- he has none. I have only had the equivalent of 1 semester - and I took that 2 semesters ago. So I have forgotten a lot of the little Chinese I have learned. So today we had a written and an oral placement exam. Alth ... 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