Shanghai Old Town

05-30-2011

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May 30th 2011
I currently have my office computer set up to alert me at the beginning of every week. Today was the beginning of week 21. I saw this and began to realize how long I have been in China. My time here has been an experience that will not be matched in this lifetime. I have grown in many ways and will never forget the community of people I have met in Shanghai. I am not far from my second mandator ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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