Guangzhou University 1

China - Day 3

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May 5th 2006
Got up early, Dat-suk’s wife made noodles for breakfast and then we went to the train station. Everyone went to see us off. Almost missed the train to Guangzhou. We went with Yee-ling to see her school at Guangzhou University. Very impressive, large, new, takes up a whole island. She showed us around the part of the campus where she studies and then we had lunch. Got the train back to Kowloon, h ... 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