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THE CHINESE ROBIN HOOD

CHINA: Beijing...in blizzards to find a fur hat...How it all began

June 17th 2012
CHINA: Beijing...in blizzards to find a fur hat...How it all began. The year is 2002...dinner with a friend from my youth...not seen him for years...he partnered with a Chinese/Georgian woman from Beijing...her parents Professors of Fine Arts...she separated from her family during the Cultural Revolution...lived in caves with others...me unable to imagine I would later meet some of these ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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
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