Smiling Ladies

These women carers for the men in wheelchairs were the most involved audience for the dance with the tropical tree. As I bowed at the finish, one (front left) who had been frowning since our arrival smiled broadly.

friendly old Beijing

June 15th 2006
see there was these rickshaw drivers right! and they were hassling us ok so we give them the slip and as we do this smiling man sympathizes with us, he's a local so we walk and he tells us he's a calligrapher and he's all about helping us, and tells us sure i'll show you to the forbidden city....... oh! here is my teacher's studio please meet master chang the famous beijing calligrapher ... 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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