Tiny Tim

A Chinese Christmas Carol

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December 16th 2006
Well it feels a little more like Christmas. Last night Alaina, Ruth and I went to see Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol in English. It was actually pretty good. Where else would the ghost of Christmas future have such elaborate headpieces and little Tim be Chinese. Even all the way in China Marley is dead, dead as a doornail. I thought of you Dad. The real adventure began before hand. We left c ... 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