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Beijing At Last!

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October 20th 2009
Before returning to the States for the summer my friends and I took a trip up north to Beijing. Normally, members of the CTLC have nearly three weeks of training in Beijing during which time new teachers can explore and see the sights. My group last year got the shaft due to the Olympics. Instead of three fun filled weeks in Beijing, we got ten mediocre days in the small coastal city of Zhuhai. ... 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