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First few days in Tiefa

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June 15th 2009
The first leg of our journey begins here in Tiefa, a small city of 250,000 close to Shenyang in the north. We are the guests of HaiHong's sister Haiyan and her family. The Chinese show extraordinary hospitality. The apartment is quite comfortable and Hayan's cooking is wonderful with liberal use of fresh vegetables even for breakfast. We have had surprising little jet lag and have been startin ... 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