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All lined up and waiting for customers  
   

All lined up and waiting for customers

The chairs were gathered on the edge of the ice to be used when needed by unsteady skaters. Dad, little did you know that you and the Chinese are like minded on this one!
BEIJING RECOLLECTIONS

January 1st 2007
Like the muted memories of a honeymoon, our Beijing experiences reverberate through my mind in a jumble of sounds, sights, stories, and reflections. Dry from the winds blowing off the Gobi desert, Beijing is deceptively cold. The countryside seems foreign to a Michiganian accustomed to seeing snow without ice frozen waterways. Here, all water is frozen yet the ground is brown and dry. I’m ... read more
Asia » China » Beijing

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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