quite impressive
Side exit of the soft seat lounge.
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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. ... [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. ... [read more] Blog: #44 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Beijing Police and Visa Problem)
Date: 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 ... read more
Date: 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 ... read more
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After 38 years as a Foreign Language Teacher and Foreign Language Dept. Chair at Coral Gables Sr. H.S., and A.J. Professor of German at the University of Miami, I have left Florida in June of 2006, where my home is in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. I have just signed a sixth year teaching-contract with Taizhou Teachers College in the city of Taizhou, located about 3hrs north of Shanghai in Jiangsu Province in CHINA.
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