Sidewalk construction

One of the neat construction techniques is brick sidewalks. With plenty of workers available they can throw up (down?) a sidewalk in no time. And the beauty is, if they need to run a pipe or something under it, they just pull up the bricks, do the work and relay the bricks. We have seen this done more than once.

Our first year comes to an end

June 27th 2009
Our first school year in China is finally drawing to a close. Term 4 has been very eventful. Dianne has really enjoyed her new job. Working in the same building as her replacement has allowed her to keep her finger on the pulse of a real operation while she does her head office functions. These involve the preparation of a lot of new course materials as well as many different exam papers for stude ... 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

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