Master

Suzhou Master and a letter to a dog

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May 11th 2009
Down by the river, every day, between 5.30am and 6.30am, there is a dog party in the shade under the Magnolia trees. Here is where I met Tina for the second time. There is also a gramps and his granddaughter, walking in single file, each holding one end of a long stick with a hook on which I find later is to collect plastic bottles from far flung places for recycling. There are also joggers an ... 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