I returned to the scene of what Ellen describes as the best haircut I ever received, it is a 90 minute ritual of shampooing for 30 minutes, a head, neck and should massage and finally a haircut. All for 25 RMB ($3 US).
National Day Holiday in Hong Kong October 7th 2007 This has been an unusual interval since the last communication, with classes hitting a certain stride only to be interrupted by the week long National Holiday, commemorating the 58th Anniversary of the Communists seizing control in Beijing.
We celebrated the anniversary with a gala at the posh Garden Hotel; most in attendance were Western business types but we did have some revealing conversati ... read more
Asia » China » Guangdong » Guangzhou 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
We are back in Guangzhou at Sun Yat-sen University as participants in and witnesses to the amazing spectacle of China in the 21st Century!!... full info