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February 19th 2011
The regular school year ended a couple of weeks ago and so did my regular teaching schedule. This was the time of the year when school lets out and the entire country shuts down for the Spring Festival, (Chinese) New Year, the Lantern Festival and the Cold & Flu Festival. With school out, there really is nothing for kids to do in this hayseed town. There isn't even any trouble for them to get ... 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