Soft Shelled Turtle

Australian retrieves Chinese boomerang in 1912

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September 12th 2010
Photos: …..I am trying to learn the names of another crop of students. I didn't do at all well last year & there were a number of average students whose names never quite made it to my memory bank. Already some have, the bright & lively ones like Max, Garrett & Evan, ones with distinctive or odd features, like Dabe, Chet or N ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Yangzhou

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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