Grade Six

Christmas in China :: 圣诞快乐！！

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December 27th 2009
Christmas in China :: 圣诞快乐！ After a wickedly devastating Cultural Revolution that lasted from 1966 through 1976, the people were left with little more than a culture purged of anything “offensive” to the State -- aka. half-filled rice bowls and a lot of very hungry people. The intellectuals, the religious, the creative thinkers, the thoughtful folks and the loving folks a ... 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