what are these people doing?

well...this is a marriage market in Shanghai. The families of single people prepare advertisements for their daughter/son and can also go browsing on their behalf. it's like internet dating...minus the internet and plus your family. sounds super fun.

Fire-chickens, reindeer-dragons, and bears oh my...

December 10th 2009
Happy late Thanksgiving and an early Merry Christmas to everyone! I am especially missing you all during these months. Luckily celebrating the holidays here in China has been pretty amusing and distracting. I was able to enjoy two days of Thanksgiving dinner at various friends' houses, complete with real turkey and pumpkin pie! The Chinese word for turkey is "fire chicken," which kind of cracks ... 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

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