Halim and Eugene

An Open Heart, a Fortunate Blessing, and a Perceived Node of Kindness

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December 10th 2009
Chinese, in the verbal form, has a little over 400 monosyllabic sounds (says John Pomfret, author of Chinese Lessons (a fantastic read)). The problem for foreigners and the untrained ear is to hear the amazingly subtle and highly intricate art of Chinese tonal speaking. Each phonetic sound has four or five tones (and then from there, the definition of the word relies entirely on context. ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Yangzhou

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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