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Sue at Flood Control Monument  
   

Sue at Flood Control Monument

Most Chinese people just don't seem to understand that I don't necessarily want to be in the centre of every photo! Here's a good example of why not! If I had realized I might have joined in the fun and spread my arms and pretended to balance the Flood Monument on my head!
#90 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College- Ice and Snow in Haerbin- Around Town

May 2nd 2008
Have you ever been somewhere sooooo cold that your eyelashes temporarily froze together? This was one of the more unusual experiences I had on a visit to Haerbin/Harbin in the North East of China this past January! Part of the joy of travelling is in setting personal challenges in order to stretch your boundaries of comfort. This is how, I, as a woman from the sub-tropics of Queensland, Austral ... 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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