New Clothes and Happy Faces

Five Cats, 22 Orphans and 24 Nuns

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August 19th 2006
FINALLY - pictures have been added to this entry! Also, for a complete photo gallery of the girls' school, visit: Gallery These days, my studies are slow. I have no official teacher at the moment, so I'm feeling frustrated and a bit downtrodden. My conversational progress seems to have halted and I'm not sure how to adva ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet

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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