My 23rd Birthday 4-4-07

My 23rd Birthday

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April 4th 2007
Yesterday was my birthday. It was a beautiful, sunny day in Shanghai. At the school they bought me a cake and all the children and teachers sang "happy birthday" to me in English and then in Chinese 😊 My friends took me out for dinner at a sushi restaurant, it was very good. Later that night we went to a bar and played a few games of pool. Today, while walking down the sidewalk a bird poo ... read more

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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