Red lanterns at the beach

Red lanterns, temples, clam omelets, and Hemmingway

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October 5th 2008
National Day break! What a trip! Our 14 hour train from ride Guangzhou to Xiamen (Fujian) was a blast. The train was packed, and we were all separated because we got our tickets so late. I had to have two women move out of my sweet window seat, and made instant friends with the guy next to me who was a librarian at a science and technology library in Guangzhou. He was a Hakka and told me all ab ... 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