Midnight Mass

A Chinese Christmas

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December 31st 2006
Immy stayed in Beijing for another week and Mum and Dad came up for the Christmas weekend, which was fun. Unfortunately I had exams so I couldn’t really see them all that much… On CHRISTMAS EVE we went to my church and then in the evening I went out to a very fancy French restaurant with some friends. It was a 6 course meal and was so good! We had prawn pate, snails, salmon, soup, turkey and Y ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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