The Bridge that Mao Crossed

I See White People

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June 1st 2010
After traveling in Beijing for the last two weeks or so, I was ready to get into the countryside. Rui Jin, a small(ish) town in southern china was our destination, and after a two hour plane and bus ride we settled into the hotel and had our first shock. My mother, an avid traveler and Formula-1 car driver, once told me that you can tell a lot about a location based solely on an once-over ... 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