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Xian Field Trip

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June 2nd 2007
NOTE: This is an 'Ana only' blog. I've been teaching at a local school in Hong Kong for the past year. My kids are all from Hong Kong. For our end of school field trip, we took 85 students to Xian. It was a cultural, historical, and community service oriented field trip. My school has developed a partnership with a local school in Xian. Our students were each assigned a 'buddy' at the Jiaotong Un ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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