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Even in the rain, the streets of Haikou are interesting to walk.  
   

Even in the rain, the streets of Haikou are interesting to walk.

The umbrellas provide little relief from the rain and cold. The winter days of January and February of 2008 in China will be remembered. The miserable weather even reached the "Tropical" streets of Haikou.
#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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Chinese Flag 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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