Costumed musicians.

Birthdays, winter fog and water shortages.

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November 19th 2005
I am writing this on my 50th birthday - where have all the years gone? November is passing very quickly and we are well on the countdown to our departure date from China. An ongoing concern is the bird flu outbreaks in China as there have been two outbreaks now in Hubei Province, both in counties which neighbour our county of Guangshui. We aren't concerned about actually catching the disease ( ... read more

Asia » China

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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