#44 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Beijing Police and Visa Problem)
July 23rd 2006 Wednesday evening arrived very quickly, and two small suitcases were packed, one for Beijing and the other for Tibet. The college van dropped us off at the Taizhou Railway-Station, and a blue sign pointed to the "Soft Seat Lounge" of this impressive new building.
In the West, we call it First and Second Class and even Business Class. Here, a train ticket is purchased as a Soft Seat or a Ha
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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 
