Let's get the party started!

short night out

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September 19th 2010
Okay, that is the last time I try to go out in China. What is the point in showering, picking something nice to wear, spending time on your hair and make up so that, within 30 minutes of entering a bar, you look like something out of Kiss? I heard on a recent radio 4 doc that there are 300 million smokers in China, that's about 1/3 of the world's smoking population. Obviously that's a ticking tim ... 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