Episode Two: In which our heroine leaves the big smoke to experience small-town life
November 23rd 2005 Including the following experiences:
A multitude of Chinese banquets
A trip to the Yellow Sea
Signing autographs for schoolchildren
Teaching English to six year olds
A haircut in a Chinese salon
Hanging out on the corner after dark
Watching women sew in a textile factory
and a visit to the local “Dicso.”
Right now I’m sitting in Mum and Dad’s apartment, eating some Lay’s chips and tryin
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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 
