Even on the Island of Hainan, Children will be children.

Outside of the city of Haikou, on the Island of Hainan, villages are small, and have not changed for hundreds of years. Seeing a Westerner, probably for the first time, the children keep a distance, and seek support in a group. Only from this distance could I take a photo of their happy and excited faces.

#97 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ("Tropical" Island of Hainan, China's smallest Province)

April 1st 2008
In ancient China, the southern Island of Hainan was known as the "end of the world". It is the place, to which many brave dissenters and critics of China's Imperial Dynasties and its emperors were exiled. One of the most outspoken critics of the Song Dynasty was China's ancient, grand poet Su Dongpo, who was exiled to Hainan between 1097 A.D. and 1100 A.D. by the Song Dynasty emperor. He descri ... 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

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