Professional Foreigner, Yangzhou

The Professional Foreigner

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June 26th 2011
Photos: …..a crazy, “only in China” birthday, maybe a microcosm of my life, teaching & learning with Tianyi, the student I tutor on Sunday mornings before having lunch with the family, spirited away to the northern industrial suburbs to start my career as a professional foreigner, (I'll explain in due course), then quickly wi ... 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