New Year Celebrations

Happy Chinese New Year

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January 13th 2009
The University I teach at is winding down the semester for spring Festival that is starting early this year, on January 26. So festivities are underway already which include end of year parties. To start the ball rolling on Friday night we received tickets to a special concert held at the Grand theatre People’s Square Shanghai. This concert was put on by the municipality of Shanghai to hono ... 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