A dinner date

Earthquake dodging

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July 18th 2008
June 20 Having finally and emotionally finished our teaching (there were many tears, mostly the kids however) we started our freedom by making the possibly risky trip to Chengdu, home of the Giant Panda. Chengdu is in the Sichuan province that was hit by an earthquake on the 12th May. However, after much research into where the earthquake had hit we decided that it was still worth a trip. Th ... 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