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South Chinese Sea - cultural meeting point

February 12th 2007
The next morning, I bought a bus ticket to go to the sea. With it, Aris and my ways separated, but just for a short while … At the air-conditioned, luxurious bus, I sat next to a Chinese girl, Duan Yanni (or just Janny): she worked in the local train station close to the beach and was very familiar with the town. So, we arranged to meet for dinner later, hoping, she could introduce me to the loc ... 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

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Philipp Schaaf

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Blogging, that is losing your privacy by telling the world who you are, what you think, like, hate; telling it to strangers, who might never get in contact with you during the maybe 60-70 years of your live. But now, the fever caught me, too... Well, it's more for practical reasons: I begin to forget. To mix up events of the last trip with the current one. Then I might start to write a diary, but blogging has another big advantage: it's a great tool to keep friends updated without telling the same story a dozen times. And last but not least, I can excercise my English writing skills (as a Ge... full info

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