Rice Paddy Valley

A trip to the countryside

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August 4th 2010
The plus side of being laid up at home with a kind of horrendous stomach ailment (I'll spare you the details) is that I've finally had some time, now, to sort through some photos of my recent adventures and finally get around to detailing them on my blog. Many of you have met Olivia (real name Zhu Dan), a close Chinese friend of mine and Tom's. Tom first met her about four years ago at the mid ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangxi

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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