Cambridge English

Arrival in China

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September 17th 2007
Leaving EnglandFrancineand I (she's French) left Heathrow in the evening of August 28th and arrived the next morning at 8:30 am at Shanghai's Pu Dong International Airport in the pouring rain. It was 3:30 in the afternoon, local time. Our first view of China was not inspiring. My lovely friend Sun Wen Li, whom I had met in Cambridge, and with whom I had exchanged English for Chinese conve ... read more

Asia » China » Shandong

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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