#40 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Taizhou Summer Floods)
July 7th 2006 Taizhou's economy is almost totally dependent on agriculture, and rain is an important part of the next successful harvest. Over the last 2 weeks, down-pours have been very heavy in the district, and much of the farming region is now underwater, threatening the crops and lifelyhood of its farmers. I see them standing, their pants rolled up, as have peasants over the centuries, in their water-s
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