Fun with Cashmere

Shanghai in October...and November

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November 13th 2007
Well the cooler weather finally arrived. And on schedule as promised. We went from hot and humid every day with temperatures remaining over 30 degrees at night to much more familiar temperatures of between 18-25 degrees. It's supposed to drop to 12 degrees in the next two weeks and the weather is an exciting topic these days! My students were amazed the other day when I arrived at school weari ... 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