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Hong Kong

May 7th 2007
Leaving for Hong Kong so soon after my grandmother's passing was both a blessing and a curse. May 1st, International Labor Day, is a national holiday in China and so we were granted 3 days of official vacation by the government. I had been eagerly anticipating the trip since mid-March, but found myself feeling as though I was disrespectful by going on vacation so soon after we lost my grandma. I w ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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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