Golden Imperial
Our friend, Fairy, invited us to the opening of a 'western' restaurant in the executive suite of the Golden Imperial hotel. They had also hired a western chef and to advertise the restuarant, the local television station was doing a special. They needed westerners for the night, so because Fairy knows the people, she invited us to a great 4 course steak dinner. We are here with Peter and Dianne, our colleagues, apartment neighbors and kind of relatives. They are the reason that we are here, so we are grateful to them for many reasons.
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 
