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The Race

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April 21st 2011
A friend sent me photos from the race at the university sports day! The 1500m had about 15 people in my group and another group also with about 15 people. The other group had one guy who was a serious runner. Pity we were not in the same race. The other 28 people just play basketball twice a week. The other guy actually ran a faster time, but the crowd was fixed on me. The tall foreigner with red ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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