pagoda in evening sky

Weekend of Parks

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October 30th 2009
The very first week of school was spent sitting tight within the school’s H1N1 quarantine (only applicable to foreigners, as the Chinese teachers came and went as they pleased). In past years new teachers were taken out paint the town with a complimentary tour de Yangzhou. In an effort to make reprieve for our immobile time lost, the school gave us a park pass for free entry into any one of Ya ... 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