Teacher Wang

Snow in Shanghai

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January 26th 2008
Well I've just woken up from my Saturday morning Shanghaibernation, eaten a deeeelicious lunch of fish (head and all), shrimps, mixed veg and rice, read the paper (I love Saturday!)...and tis all a-snowing. Apparently snow in Shanghai is a rare and much marvelled-at fenomenon. Normal life is postponed at the first sighting of the white shtuff. So no choir rehearsal today. The boy next door has, ho ... 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