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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]
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] Blog: Summer 2012
Date: August 20th 2012
So it's been a long time since I've had an update. School ended on the fifteenth of June; for a few weeks, I had a lot of free time. So I went to Tianjin by myself for a few days. That's when I started to get serious about learning Chinese. Speaking the simplest phrases lit up the faces of the people. Great city. Visited the Zhou Enlai Memorial, Emperor Puyi's civilian house, It ... read more
Date: August 20th 2012
So it's been a long time since I've had an update. School ended on the fifteenth of June; for a few weeks, I had a lot of free time. So I went to Tianjin by myself for a few days. That's when I started to get serious about learning Chinese. Speaking the simplest phrases lit up the faces of the people. Great city. Visited the Zhou Enlai Memorial, Emperor Puyi's civilian house, It ... read more
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