Dining room

A Few Updates

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February 23rd 2006
The last couple of days have been really great. I've been waking up in the morning to bike in, which is so much more fun that I'd imagined it would be. When we start biking it's still dawn, and the noises of the city are all kind of muffled. The traffic is busy, but routine is quite peaceful. I take the elevator down to the basement where my host girls and I pick up our bikes. I walk behind t ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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