Is that....?

From the land where palm trees sway...

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December 15th 2007
So, here goes a quick update of things that have happened in the past month or so (other than our Beijing trip): 1. On Nov. 10, Mrs. Hu took us on a trip to her favourite shopping town: Yangzhou. It was about an hour and half van ride from Nanjing. When we got there, what did we see? Another Chinese garden. It really didn't help that I was sick that weekend. A lot of the Chinese gardens all see ... 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