The Mei Meis and Jie Jies

"Da"

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May 4th 2007
We found out that Isabella can actually tell us when she is going to poop - she’ll say “Da,” which is short for Da Bien or Big Relief. She’s been pooping up a storm ever since we arrive to Guangzhou and tonight we think we learned the reason why. Naively, we thought if we boiled the tap water in the hot pot in our room, it would be safe to drink. But the other families told us that they b ... 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