Our apartment

We return to Guangzhou

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September 6th 2007
We are back in Guangzhou after an absence of 13 months (although Ellen was back for a short visit in December). These first two weeks have been spent in getting ourselves settled in, finding out what the expectations are within the Social Work Department, and re-acquainting ourselves with some old students, friends and colleagues. We are staying in faculty housing, the apartment is owned by the S ... 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