The train into Shanghai

The Adventure Begins

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August 22nd 2010
I’ve tried and failed three times at getting around to posting my first blog during my first three weeks in China. Time has been going by so quickly here, both because it is a new place, with so many new sights and sounds and people to meet, but also because the Colorado China Counsel (CCC) training course that I took packed my days full of classes and lesson planning and teaching. There is no ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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