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one month in

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June 11th 2009
so, the first month of my stay in china is almost over. it has gone by so fast, and i am sad to see my friends leave. i will miss carolyn and hayley a lot and am glad we became such good friends while they were here. we plan on having chinese dinners at school so we keep in touch and practice our chinese... and eat! tonight we are going to have kao ya (roast duck) for dinner to celebrate car ... 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