Smog over the city

Life at the Institute

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December 2nd 2008
It’s day 2 at Jinan and the ShanDong Institute of Sport Sciences, and I had to give two presentations. Both were translated, which I felt bad for the students, but I think they kind of enjoyed. Translating it just makes it that much longer. For me, it feels like a tennis match. I talk and all eyes are on me, and when I finish, the eyes shift to the translator. And back and forth we go. In t ... 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