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Flag Ceremony

Every Monday morning we raise the three flags, sing the anthems and have some speeches. It's been really hot so far. I believe they cancel if it is pouring rain but not if it is just cold. The building in the background is one of at least 7 dormitory buildings housing the over 2,000 resident students.
School routines are now in place...

September 17th 2008
Well, we have survived the first three weeks of school with only a few bumps along the road. The first came on the first day of school when it turned out the school’s scheduling software went on the fritz and we had no class schedules for the first day of school. With about a third of the teachers being new to the school and to China, the potential for disaster was certainly there. In the wee ho ... 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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