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Lian Hua District---Us and Them

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August 24th 2007
We are saving up some travel time for next month, so this week's edition will be filled with more tidbits from Suzhou. Sorry we have been a little out of touch. We live in a district called Lotus Community. As earlier stated, you could safely fit Kearney or Grand Island in this area. Only 10 years ago, our community was filled with farmland. The government decided that they needed a major road ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Suzhou

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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