Gulang Yu and Fu Manchu Photo 2

Gulang Yu and Fu Manchu

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September 3rd 2011
Yesterday, I went on a most amazing excursion to Gulang Yu, a small island off Xiamen. Big surprise, we all arrived sopping wet. Like Spongebob. I've expanded with all the wet--oooooo expansion is never good! LMAO! But if I were SpongeBob Squarepants, I would have to kill myself if I had to be wet like that all the time.....course, he IS a sponge, but it's no wonder he and Patrick a ... 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