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Yangtze Go Home!

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March 23rd 2012
Our time in Xiasha is drawing to a close. We leave for Singapore this coming Sunday, and will catch our ship to Honolulu (by way of Australia and the South Pacific) on the 29th of March. I will continue to post the blog from the islands we stop at along the way. China has been an unending delight and there’s a good possibility that we will be invited back. Sure hope so. Last weekend ... 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