Mummy and sophie in the audience

William's xmas concert and sophie's xmas party

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December 6th 2008
Wow, we have had one lovely day. It has been really cold the past few days, and we awoke to glorious sunshine which we have come to realise is deceiving to the temperature. We were up early this morning as William was being picked up at normal time on his school bus to go to his school xmas concert. I knew it was cold when Ian rang me from the bus stop to tell me it was so, as he is usually tellin ... 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