Yangzhou Museum

A Weekend Bicycle Ride

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September 29th 2009
I’ve been training for the Beijing marathon and my running buddy and coworker, Halim, had penciled in a long run for the day. We ran from the far east side of town, straight through the mayhem of Yangzhou, and finished at the train station on the far west side of town. We hopped into a taxi and three dollars and 12 miles later, hopped out of the car and strolled through the School gates. It w ... 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