Teacher apartments and laundry

Destination: Shantou, Guangdong Province, China

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August 21st 2005
For those of you that don’t know, I have just arrived in the Peoples Republic of China where I will be teaching English at Shantou University in Guangdong province. I’ll be here for at least a year. The cross-country flight was a piece of cake but the Cathay Pacific flight from LA to Hong Kong was steerage. Do not fly unless you can upgrade or can drink heavily before boarding. I did the ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Shantou

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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