On Jingshan Hill

Jingshan Hill is north of the Forbidden City, and by the time we got to the highest of the three pagodas on the hill the sun was setting. Behind me is downtown Beijing.

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You should yuxi, fuxi, and xuexi!

January 31st 2010
大家好！ I hope everyone's had a great week! I'm enjoying a lazy Sunday after a busy week of lots of 中文 (Chinese). Monday through Thursday I spent most of my time in class learning about globalization and a Chinese metaphor about persevering through hardships. In case you were wondering, "Mai dong lao" is McDonalds, "kun duh jee" is KFC, and "seen bah kuh" is Starbucks (spelled out phonet ... 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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