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End of the mission

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June 7th 2008
There are still many after shocks, day and night. Today we had one about 5.0 which was very loud and violent. I heard noise from the house structure being under stress despite having the TV running. Luckily it was only very brief, around two seconds and we were just at the stage of staring at each with fear in our eyes, thinking whether we should be running out of the house or not before it stoppe ... 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