Wang Jian and Lisa

and the first day ends in Chengdu

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August 20th 2009
The airport was pretty unspectacular and immediately I am confronted with a change in plans which is very exciting. Instead of staying at hotel near her friend's Wang Jian's parents house where Wang Jian is living with her aging parents, we are to be staying in Wang Jian's house instead. Wang Jian greets us at the airport and she has a friend driving us to her house so she can give us the key and ... 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