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Pineapple Festival

March 22nd 2013
As my students say, "Long, long ago, there was a man." Depending on who you talk to, the next part will either be that he liked pineapples, brought pineapples, planted pineapples, or was from the Kingdom of Pineapples (Magadha). No matter, he was a foreigner who came to China during the Tang dynasty and he landed ashore in Guangzhou. Then he left. And somehow, chickens are involved. There's a ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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
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