Rodney smoking his pipe with a monkey on his back

Dalian - Winter 2007

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December 6th 2007
Just got back from three months in Dalian. Highlights include:- - Trying some calligraphy and being told in no uncertain terms that westerners can't do it. Chris' 'tu' character apparantly 'looked like teacher's plane'. - Carting a big, blue dice and a monkey around the finer places of Dalian. Both, surprisingly, made it home. - Being told by my landlord that my rent was going to increas ... 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