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The longest bridge, the longest undersea tunnel - Day 3 in Qingdao

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July 17th 2011
This morning we had a lesson on languages. Our teacher talked about the types of languages, the history of languages, about pinyin and how he would improve the education of it, and the evolution of the Chinese language. In the afternoon, we set out for the Golden Beach on Huangdao. The bus took us on the longest bridge in the world that crosses the sea on the way there. The bridge is 26.4 miles, i ... 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