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Happy New Year!

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February 21st 2010
I’ll take a break from the vacation blogs to make a quick entry on Chinese New Year. In China, Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday of the year. This year it fell on Valentine’s Day. Last year I was in Cambodia during the holiday so I was looking forward to spending it here and with Chinese friends. My friend Michelle invited myself, Kim, and Ian to spend the holiday with her family at her ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Shenzhen

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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