The view from my window

That sinking feeling when you realize you are are the only foreign person for miles and miles....

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August 30th 2012
Things here aren't exactly what I was expecting, nor are they what I was told to expect. The people at the school (which is not the company that hired me) are really nice and helpful, but I'm still working out how I feel about the situation. I was told that I would be living and working in Tangshan City, which is 1hour from Beijing by train. I was really excited about this because it wo ... 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