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Ni Hao Beijing

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July 22nd 2012
We arrived safely this afternoon around 4pm local time (12 hours ahead of EST). The flights went really well, but after 13 hours on the plane we were very happy to be back on the ground! Some of you may have heard about the terential rains Beijing experienced yesterday. Luckily the flooding has already subsided, and aside from a two hour delay in Chicago (the aircraft was delayed from Beijing) ... 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