In the Chemistry Lab

Raise your hand to the moon

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October 5th 2012
Full Moon Festival is to China, what Thanksgiving is to America, and Christmas is to Australia. Mr Lou kindly included me in his familys' Full Moon Celebration. Ping pong table laden with food, on the 6th floor patio, overlooking the river and downtown Jinhua, we watched the moon rising. Mr Lou's mother sent two daughters and oldest son-in-law back to the kitchen to prepare more dishes, be ... 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