Our camera is not playing ball, we nearly all got in the picture!

Winter is here...

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November 23rd 2008
.....we are coming to you from a very different Shanghai this week as winter has finally hit us. We went to school Monday morning in an autumnal state, but walked home as freezing wrecks! Our school does not believe in closing windows and doors, so us poor Western teachers shelter in our classrooms for warmth, dashing down the 71 steps to grab a cup of tea at break time and use the printer. School ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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