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another week another park

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May 20th 2007
I finished reading a very famous Chinese Novel, I Dream of Red Chamber, so this past weekend I went to the park that is modeled after the book. The park was very pretty. There were very few people in the park, which made it especially nice. It was like walking through the book. I have started a new habit. Every morning I go to the park and study Chinese for one hour. I love it. I go and all ... 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