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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: Around the neighbourhood ...
Date: November 13th 2009
Sorry if I haven't been updating my blog as often as I should've been ... It's a bit of a double-edge sword with regards to taking the video camera out or not. If you take it out, you're instantly on the crosshairs as being a tourist; if you don't, they don't know (at least I thought they didn't). I was at a 7-11 buying some OJ and the cashier switched from Mandarin to Cantonese ... she said I ... read more
Date: November 13th 2009
Sorry if I haven't been updating my blog as often as I should've been ... It's a bit of a double-edge sword with regards to taking the video camera out or not. If you take it out, you're instantly on the crosshairs as being a tourist; if you don't, they don't know (at least I thought they didn't). I was at a 7-11 buying some OJ and the cashier switched from Mandarin to Cantonese ... she said I ... read more
