Wesley

National Day in Jinan

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October 4th 2005
Tuesday. Just past noon. As some of you may have heard, I have this week off in honour of Chinese National Day (except we get a week), but due to poor planning on my part, and the fact that I left buying a train ticket a little too late, I'm staying in Jinan. I had really hoped to go to Qingdao, it's on the ocean, they have an "underwater world" and a (hold your breath...) Starbucks. But my ... read more

Asia » China » Shandong

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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