Waiting for the Chief of Police

Visit to Qu Fu

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September 22nd 2007
Our Trip to Qu Fu On Saturday we got up early, rode bikes to the bus station, and caught a bus for Qu Fu (pronounced Choo Foo) which is Confucius's birthplace. We were told the trip would take three hours, but it took three hours and 40 minutes, and the first forty minutes were spent getting out of Lin Yi, and crawling along touting for passengers. Eventually we arrived in Qu Fu, a nice ... 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