Moon Cakes

A traditional gift for the Autumn Festival, we were the recipients of multiple boxes of moon cakes, round (symbolizing the family) and filled with various items, some OK, some not so good. We try to offload as many as possible, any takers??

A new semester begins

September 19th 2008
We arrived back in Guangzhou a week ago after a long and uneventful flight. We went non-stop from Newark to Hong Kong, a long 15 ½ hours in all. I had a bad case of the “legs” and had decided to not take an Ambien in an effort to minimize jet lag (not completely successful). I did a bit of squirming in my seat but once we were on the ground it was all quickly forgotten. It was a short 28 minu ... 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

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