Day 7 - family visit (17)

Day 7 - Host school visits (Edinburgh Hub)

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July 20th 2014
Ni hao! Today we have had the authentic Chinese experience: off campus, away from teachers and adopted by a bunch of Tianjin teenagers! We set off early and drove to the best high school in the city, ‘Tianjin No. 1’, and met some of the students who were keen to practice their English on the Scots. They gave us an extensive tour of their incredible (but far too hot!) building and t ... read more

Asia » China » Tianjin

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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