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Beijing

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February 23rd 2008
I arrived in Beijing about 4-5 days after the beginning of Chinese New Year as part of my exchange term for five months. It was an exciting day and the son of my home-stay family was anxiously waiting for me in arrival hall of Beijing Capital airport. I requested a local home-stay family from Peking University because I thought it would be interesting to see how life is like living in a traditiona ... 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