#47 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Tian'anmen Square, a first look)
August 12th 2006 After a 12 hr. overnight train journey from Taizhou, we arrived somewhat fatigued at the trainstation in Beijing. This time there were no lines for a taxi, and the ride to the hotel took only 30 minutes. For the most, the streets in Beijing are wide, separating pedestrians and bikes and mopeds and rickshaws from car and truck and bus traffic. Trees and landscaping provide shade from the oppress
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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 
