Beth eats a dumpling.

This is a staple food item in Northern China. While they come in all shapes and sizes, the traditional Tianjin dumpling is breadier and steamed rather than fried. This one is filled with pork. I am actually growing a little tired of them, but they are filling. Rosemary is in the background showing off her pot of hot water.

"Relax" yells my masseuse, strangely I tense up!

September 13th 2007
My Biggest Workout Since Landing in China Well Friday rolls around, I'm tired from a week's work, tense from sporting my backpack daily, and well, I think still full of kinks from the 16 hours on an airplane a month or so ago. It was time for my first massage. Yvonne (another teacher at the school) brought Shelby and I to her favourite masseuse. This is not like any massage I ha ... 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

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