Huashan

Hua shan

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February 29th 2012
Huashan I made some Chinese friends playing basketball and one weekend they invited myself and two other teachers to hike Huashan, a nearby mountain with them. I eagerly agree as this presents an opportunity to do multiple “un-beaten” path activities as well as hopefully accelerate my mandarin learning. My friends spoke little to no English and I, even less Chinese, but I felt it added advent ... 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